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Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 15th Edition Katzung Trevor Test
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Chapter 1. Introduction: The Nature of Drugs & Drug Development & Regulation
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1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is
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sshaving a computed tomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the
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oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At
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the Public Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-
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rubella (MMR) vaccine toa 14-month-old child as a routine
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immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes the actions
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of all three nurses?
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A) Pharmacoeconomics

B) Pharmacotherapeutics

C) Pharmacodynamics

D) Pharmacokinetics

Ans: B

Feedback:

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involved with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a
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branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat,
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prevent, and diagnose disease. The radiology nurse is administering a
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drug to help diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is administering
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a drug to help treat a disease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs
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involved in drug therapy.
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and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
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2. When involved in phase III drug evaluation studies, what
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responsibilities would the nurse have?
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A) Working with animals who are given experimental ss ss ss ss ss ss s s drugs

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