TestBank-KarchFocusonNursingPharmacology
B 9thEditionbyTucker
, Tableof Contents
Chapter01-
Introduction to Drugs C
hapter02-
DrugsandtheBodyCh ap
ter03-
Toxic Effects ofDrugs C
hapter04-
The Nursing Process inDrug Therapyand Patie n
t SafetyChapter 05-
J
Dosage Calculations Chapter06- Challenges
to Effective Drug Ther apyChapter 07-
Introduction to Cell Physiology Ch apt
er08-Anti-
infectiveAgents Chapter09-
AntibioticsChapter
10-
Antiviral Agents Ch
apter11-
AntifungalAgents
Chapter12-
AntiprotozoalAgents
Chapter13-
Anthelmintic AgentsCh
J
apter14-
AntineoplasticAgents
Chapter15-
IntroductiontotheImmuneResponseandInfla m
mationChapter16-Anti-
inflammatory,Antiarthritis,andRelatedAgen t
s Chapter 17- Immune Modulators
Chapter18-
VaccinesandSera Chapter19-
Introductionto Nerves and the NervousS ystem
Chapter20-
AnxiolyticandHypnotic Agents Chap
J
ter21-
Antidepressant Agents C h
J
apter22-
Psychotherapeutic Agent s
J J
Chapter23-
Antiseizure Agents Chapt e
r24-
AntiparkinsonismAgents
, Chapter1:Introductiont
oDrugs
TEST BANK For
Karch Focus on
Nursing
Pharmacology, 9th
Edition
1. AJnurseworkinginradiologyadministersiodinetoapatient Jwhoishavinga co
mputerizedaxialtomography(CAT)scan.A nurseworkingonanoncolo gy u nit
J
administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Healt h
J
Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-
rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-
oldchildasaroutineimmunization.Whichbranchofpharmacologybestde scrib
estheactionsofallthreenurses?
A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
ANSWER: B
Response:
Pharmacologyisthestudyofthebiologic effectsofchemicals.Nursesareinv
J olv
edwithclinicalpharmacologyorpharmacotherapeutics, whichisabranch ofph
armacologythatdeals withtheuses ofdrugs totreat, prevent, anddiag nose dis ease.
The nurse working in radiology is administering a drug to help d iagnose a d isease.
The nurse working onan oncology unit is administering adr ugto help treat
J
adisease.Pharmacoeconomics includes anycosts involved in d rugtherapy.
Pharmacodynamics involves howadrugaffects thebody, andpharmacokin eti
csis howthebodyacts onthedrug.
, Cognitive Level: Comprehensi onDi
fficulty:Easy
IntegratedProcess: Nursingprocess
B 9thEditionbyTucker
, Tableof Contents
Chapter01-
Introduction to Drugs C
hapter02-
DrugsandtheBodyCh ap
ter03-
Toxic Effects ofDrugs C
hapter04-
The Nursing Process inDrug Therapyand Patie n
t SafetyChapter 05-
J
Dosage Calculations Chapter06- Challenges
to Effective Drug Ther apyChapter 07-
Introduction to Cell Physiology Ch apt
er08-Anti-
infectiveAgents Chapter09-
AntibioticsChapter
10-
Antiviral Agents Ch
apter11-
AntifungalAgents
Chapter12-
AntiprotozoalAgents
Chapter13-
Anthelmintic AgentsCh
J
apter14-
AntineoplasticAgents
Chapter15-
IntroductiontotheImmuneResponseandInfla m
mationChapter16-Anti-
inflammatory,Antiarthritis,andRelatedAgen t
s Chapter 17- Immune Modulators
Chapter18-
VaccinesandSera Chapter19-
Introductionto Nerves and the NervousS ystem
Chapter20-
AnxiolyticandHypnotic Agents Chap
J
ter21-
Antidepressant Agents C h
J
apter22-
Psychotherapeutic Agent s
J J
Chapter23-
Antiseizure Agents Chapt e
r24-
AntiparkinsonismAgents
, Chapter1:Introductiont
oDrugs
TEST BANK For
Karch Focus on
Nursing
Pharmacology, 9th
Edition
1. AJnurseworkinginradiologyadministersiodinetoapatient Jwhoishavinga co
mputerizedaxialtomography(CAT)scan.A nurseworkingonanoncolo gy u nit
J
administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Healt h
J
Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-
rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-
oldchildasaroutineimmunization.Whichbranchofpharmacologybestde scrib
estheactionsofallthreenurses?
A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
ANSWER: B
Response:
Pharmacologyisthestudyofthebiologic effectsofchemicals.Nursesareinv
J olv
edwithclinicalpharmacologyorpharmacotherapeutics, whichisabranch ofph
armacologythatdeals withtheuses ofdrugs totreat, prevent, anddiag nose dis ease.
The nurse working in radiology is administering a drug to help d iagnose a d isease.
The nurse working onan oncology unit is administering adr ugto help treat
J
adisease.Pharmacoeconomics includes anycosts involved in d rugtherapy.
Pharmacodynamics involves howadrugaffects thebody, andpharmacokin eti
csis howthebodyacts onthedrug.
, Cognitive Level: Comprehensi onDi
fficulty:Easy
IntegratedProcess: Nursingprocess
