9th Edition by Rebecca Tucker
Chapters 1 - 59
, Table of Contents
Chapter 01- Introduction to
Drugs Chapter 02- Drugs and
the Body Chapter 03- Toxic
Effects of Drugs
Chapter 04- The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient
SafetyChapter 05- Dosage Calculations
Chapter 06- Challenges to Effective Drug
TherapyChapter 07- Introduction to Cell
Physiology Chapter 08- Anti-infective Agents
Chapter 09- Antibiotics
Chapter 10- Antiviral
Agents Chapter 11-
Antifungal Agents
Chapter 12- Antiprotozoal
Agents Chapter 13-
Anthelmintic Agents Chapter
14- Antineoplastic Agents
Chapter 15- Introduction to the Immune Response and
InflammationChapter 16- Anti-inflammatory, Antiarthritis, and
Related Agents Chapter 17- Immune Modulators
Chapter 18- Vaccines and Sera
Chapter 19- Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous
SystemChapter 20- Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents
Chapter 21- Antidepressant
Agents Chapter 22-
Psychotherapeutic Agents
Chapter 23- Antiseizure Agents
Chapter 24- Antiparkinsonism
AgentsChapter 25- Muscle
Relaxants
Chapter 26- Narcotics, Narcotic Antagonists, and Antimigraine
AgentsChapter 27- General and Local Anesthetic Agents
Chapter 28- Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents
Chapter 29- Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous
SystemChapter 30- Adrenergic Agonists
Chapter 31- Adrenergic
AntagonistsChapter 32-
Cholinergic Agonists Chapter
33- Anticholinergic Agents
Chapter 34- Introduction to the Endocrine
SystemChapter 35- Hypothalamic and
Pituitary Agents Chapter 36- Adrenocortical
Agents
Chapter 37- Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents
Chapter 38- Agents to Control Blood Glucose
LevelsChapter 39- Introduction to the
Reproductive System
Chapter 40- Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive
SystemChapter 41- Drugs Affecting the Male
Reproductive System Chapter 42- Introduction to the
Cardiovascular System Chapter 43- Drugs Affecting Blood
Pressure
Chapter 44- Agents for Treating Heart
FailureChapter 45- Antiarrhythmic
Agents
Chapter 46- Antianginal Agents
Chapter 47- Lipid-Lowering
Agents
Chapter 48- Drugs Affecting Blood
CoagulationChapter 49- Drugs Used to
Treat Anemias Chapter 50- Introduction to
the Renal System Chapter 51- Diuretic
Agents
Chapter 52- Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the
BladderChapter 53- Introduction to the Respiratory
,System
Chapter 54- Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory
TractChapter 55- Drugs Acting on the Lower
Respiratory TractChapter 56- Introduction to the
Gastrointestinal System Chapter 57- Drugs Affecting
Gastrointestinal Secretions Chapter 58- Drugs
Affecting Gastrointestinal Motility Chapter 59-
Antiemetic Agents
, Chapter 1: Introduction to Drugs
Cognitive Level: Application
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing process
1.A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a
computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan. A nurse working on an oncology unit
administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health
Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a
14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology
best describes the actions of all three nurses?
A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
ANSWER: B
Response:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved
with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of
pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose
disease. The nurse working in radiology is administering a drug to help diagnose a
disease. The nurse working on an oncology unit is administering a drug to help treat
adisease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy.
Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body, and pharmacokinetics is
how the body acts on the drug.
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Difficulty: Easy
Integrated Process: Nursing process
2.A physician has ordered intramuscular injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4
hours as needed for pain for a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware
thatthere is a high abuse potential for this drug; therefore, morphine is categorized
as a:
A) Schedule I drug