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TEST BANK FOR KARCH'S FOCUS ON NURSING
PHARMACOLOGY, 9TH EDITION BY REBECCA TUCKER/ALL
CHAPTERS 1-59/COMPLETE GUIDE 2026

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Chapter 01 - Introduction to drugs P P P P P P




A medical attendant working in radiology administers iodine to a hospital client who is having a
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computed tomography (CT)scan. The medical attendant working on the oncology unit
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administers chemotherapy to hospital clients whohave cancer. At the Public Health
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Department, a medical attendant administers a measles-mumps-rubella(MMR) vaccine to a
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14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes
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the actions of all three medical attendants?
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Pharmacoeconomics


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sPharmacodynamics
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P B


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Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Medical attendants are involved with
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clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch of pharmacology that deals with
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the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose sickness. The radiology medical attendant is
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administering a drug to help diagnose a sickness. The oncology medical attendant is administering
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a drug to help treat a sickness.
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Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involveshow a P P P P P P P P P P P P P



drug affects the body and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
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A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for
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pain in a motor vehicle accident victim. The medical attendant is aware this drug has a high abuse
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potential.P



Under what category would morphine be classified?
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Schedule I P




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P IV

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CORRECT
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CHOICE:- B P


Reasoning:->>>


Narcotics with a high abuse potential are classified as Schedule II drugs because of severe dependence
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liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse potential and no accepted medical use. Schedule
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III drugs have a lesser abuse potential than II and an accepted medical use.
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PSchedule IV drugs have low abusepotential and limited dependence liability.
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When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, what responsibilities would themedical
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P attendant have?Working with animals who are given experimental drugs
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Choosing appropriate hospital clients to be involved in the drug
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P studyMonitoring and observing hospital clients closely for
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P adverse effects Conducting research to determine effectiveness of
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P the drug ACCURATE ANS:-
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Reasoning:->>>


Phase III studies involve use of a drug in a vast clinical population in which hospital clients are
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asked to recordany symptoms they experience while taking the drugs. Medical attendants may be
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responsible for helping collect and analyze the information to be shared with the Food and drug
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Administration (FDA) but would not conduct research independently because medical attendants do
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not prescribe drugs.Use of animals in drug testing is done in the preclinical trials. Select hospital
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clients who are involved in phase II studies to participatein studies where the participants have the
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sickness the drug is intended to treat. These hospital clients are monitored closely for drug action
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and adverse effects. Phase Istudies involve healthy human volunteers who are usually paid for their
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participation. Medical attendants may observe for adverse effects and toxicity.
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What concept is considered when generic drugs are substituted for brand name drugs?Bioavailability
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Critical concentration P




Distribution
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Half-life


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Bioavailability is the portion of a dose of a drug that reaches the systemic circulation and is
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available to act on body cells. Binders used in a generic drug may not be the same as those used in
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the brand name drug. Therefore, the way the body breaks down and uses the drug may differ,
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which may eliminate a generic drug substitution. Critical concentration is the amount of a drug that
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is needed to cause a therapeutic effect and should not differ between generic and brandname drugs.
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Distribution is the phase of pharmacokinetics, which involves the movement of a drug to the body’s
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tissues and is the
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same in generic and brand name drugs. A drug’s half-life is the time it takes for the amount of
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drug todecrease to half the peak level, which should not change when substituting ageneric drug.
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A medical attendant is assessing the hospital client’s home drug use. After listening to the
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hospital client listpresent drugs, the medical attendant asks what priority question?
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Do you take any generic drugs?
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Are any of these drugs orphan drugs? Are these
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P drugs safe to take during expectancy?Do you take
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Pany over-the-counter drugs?
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ACCURATE ANS:-D P




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It is important for the medical attendant to specifically question use of over-the-counter drugs
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Pbecause hospital clients may not consider them important. The hospital client is unlikely to know
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Pthe meaning of orphan drugsunless they too are primary care providers. Safety during expectancy,
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Puse of a generic drug, or classification of orphan drugs are things the hospital client would be
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Punable to answer butcould be found in reference books if the medical attendant wishes to research
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them.
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After completing a course on pharmacology for medical attendants, what will
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Pthemedical attendant know?Everything necessary for safe and effective drug
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P administration


Present pharmacologic therapy; the medical attendant will not require ongoing
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P education for 5 years. General drug information; the medical attendant can consult a
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P drug guide forspecific drug information.The drug actions that are associated with
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P each classification of drug ACCURATE ANS:-
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Reasoning:->>>