Pharmacology Clear and Simple: A Guide
to Drug Classifications and Dosage
Calculations 3rd Edition
Cynthia J. Watkins
wis
epr
of
wiseprof
,Test Bank: Pharmacology Clear and Simple: A Guide to Drug Classifications and
Dosage Calculations 3rd Edition by Cynthia J. Watkins
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. History of Pharmacology
Chapter 2. Basics of Pharmacology
Chapter 3. Patient Safety in Medication Administration
Chapter 4. Regulations
Chapter 5. Prescriptions and Labels
II. Calculations
Chapter 6. Basic Review of
Mathematics Chapter 7.
Measurement Systems Chapter 8.
Dosage Calculations
Chapter 9. Enteral Medications and Administration
wis
Chapter 10. Parenteral Medications and Administration
Chapter 11. Integumentary System Medications
Chapter 12. Musculoskeletal System Medications
Chapter 13. Nervous System Medications
Chapter 14. Eye and Ear Medications
Chapter 15. Endocrine System Medications
Chapter 16. Cardiovascular System Medications
epr
Chapter 17. Immunological System Medications
Chapter 18. Pulmonary System Medications
Chapter 19. Gastrointestinal System Medications
Chapter 20. Reproductive and Urinary Systems Medications
Chapter 21. Herbs, Vitamins, and Minerals
of
wiseprof
,Chapter 1. History of Pharmacology
Pharmacology Clear and Simple- A Guide to Drug Classifications and Dosage
Calculations 3rd Edition Watkins Test Bank
1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is
having acomputed tomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the
oncology unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer.
At the Public HealthDepartment, a nurse administers a measles-
mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a routine
immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes the
actions of all three nurses?
A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
Ans: B
wis
Feedback:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses
are involved with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics,
which is a branch of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to
treat, prevent, and diagnose disease. The radiology nurse is
administering a drug to help diagnose a disease. The oncology nurse is
administering a drug to help treata disease. Pharmacoeconomics
includes any costs involved in drug therapy.Pharmacodynamics
epr
involves how a drug affects the body and pharmacokinetics is how the
body acts on the body.
2. A physician has ordered intramuscular (IM) injections of
morphine, a narcotic, every 4 hours as needed for pain in a
motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware this drug
has a high abuse potential. Under what category would
of
morphine be classified?
A) Schedule I
B) Schedule II
wiseprof
, C) Schedule III
D) Schedule IV
Ans: B
wis
epr
of
wiseprof