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MCMA
The nurse is teaching a pharmacology class to student nurses. What does the nurse include as key events in the
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history of pharmacology?
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Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
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Standard Text: Select all that apply.
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1. Initial drugs included morphine, cocaine, and penicillin.
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2. Early researchers used themselves as test subjects.
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3. The initial intention of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering.
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4. Modern pharmacology began in the early 1600s.
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5. Pharmacologists synthesized drugs in the laboratory in the twentieth century.
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Correct Answer: 2,3,5
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Rationale 1: Initial drugs isolated from complex mixtures included morphine, colchicines, curare, and cocaine, but
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not penicillin.
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Rationale 2: Some early researchers, such as Friedrich Serturner, used themselves as test subjects.
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Rationale 3: The early roots of pharmacology included the application of products to relieve human suffering.
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Rationale 4: Modern pharmacology began in the early 1800s, not the 1600s.
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Rationale 5: By the twentieth century, pharmacologists could synthesize drugs in the laboratory.
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Global Rationale: The early roots of pharmacology included the application of products to relieve human
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suffering, and early researchers used themselves as test subjects. Initial drugs included morphine, colchicines,
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curare, and cocaine, but not penicillin. Modern pharmacology began in the early 1800s, not the 1600s. By the
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twentieth century, pharmacologists could synthesize drugs in the laboratory.
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Cognitive Level: Applying c c
Client Need: Physiological Integrity
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Client Need Sub: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
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,QSEN Competencies: I.A.1 Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient centered care:
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patient/family/community preferences, values; coordination and integration of care; information, communication,
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and education; physical comfort and emotional support; involvement of family and friends; and transition and
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community.
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, AACN Essential Competencies: I.7 Integrate the knowledge and methods of a variety of disciplines to inform decision
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making.
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NLN Competencies: Knowledge and Science: Integration of knowledge from nursing and other disciplines.
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Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Implementation c c c c
Learning Outcome: 1-1 Identify key events in the history of pharmacology.
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MNL LearningOutcome: 1.1.1Apply basic concepts related to pharmacology.
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Page Number: 3
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Question 2 c
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MCSA
The student nurse asks the nursing instructor why he needs to take anatomy and physiology, as well as
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microbiology, when he only wants to learn about pharmacology. What is the best response by the instructor?
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1. "Because pharmacology is an outgrowth of those subjects."
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2. "You must learn all, since those subjects, as well as pharmacology, are part of the curriculum."
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3. "Knowledge of all those subjects will prepare you to provide the best patient care, including the administration of
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cmedications."
4. "Because an understanding of those subjects is essential to understanding pharmacology."
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Correct Answer: 4 c c
Rationale 1: Pharmacology is an outgrowth of anatomy, physiology, and microbiology, but this is not the most complete
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reason for the nurse to learn them.
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Rationale 2:The nurse must learn anatomy, physiology, and microbiology to understand pharmacology, not because they
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are part of the curriculum.
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Rationale 3: Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and microbiology prepares the nurse to understand
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pharmacology, not to provide care such as administration of medications.
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Rationale 4: It is essential for the nurse to have a broad knowledge base of many sciences in order to learn
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pharmacology.
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Global Rationale: It is essential for the nurse to have a broad knowledge base of many sciences in order to learn
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pharmacology. The nurse must learn anatomy, physiology, and microbiology to understand pharmacology, not
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because they are part of the curriculum. Pharmacology is an outgrowth of anatomy, physiology, and microbiology, but
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this is not the reason for the nurse to learn them. Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and microbiology prepares
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the nurse to understand pharmacology, not to provide care such as administration of medications.
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Cognitive Level: Applying c c
Client Need: Physiological Integrity
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Client Need Sub: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
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