TEST BANK for Karch’s Focus on Nursing Pharmacology 9th Edition by Rebecca Tucker (Complete 60 Chapters Q&A)

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Chapter1:IntroductiontoDrugs i i i




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ClientNeeds:PhysiologicalIntegrity:Pharmacologicaland Parenteral
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Therapies
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Difficulty: Moderate
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Page andHeader:3, Introduction
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1. A nurse workingin radiologyadministers iodine to aclientwho is havingacomputed
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tomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to
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clients who have cancer. At the Public Health Department, a nurse administers a measles–
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mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which i i i i i i i i i i i




branch of pharmacology best describes the actions of all three nurses?
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A) pharmacoeconomics
B) pharmacotherapeutics
C) pharmacodynamics
D) pharmacokinetics


Ans: B
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Feedback: Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are involved with i i i i i i i i i i i i i i




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 disease. The radiology nurse is administering a
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drug to helpdiagnose adisease. The oncologynurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.
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Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy. Pharmacodynamics involves
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how a drug affects the body,and pharmacokinetics is how the body acts on the body.
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