NURS 3100 Unit 1 Exam 1 Q'S AND A'S

NURS 3100 Unit 1 Exam 1 A nurse is reviewing key events in the history of pharmacology with a student nurse. Which student comment indicates an understanding? A. "Penicillin is one of the initial drugs isolated from a natural source." B. "Early researchers used themselves as test subjects." C. "Pharmacologists began synthesizing drugs in the laboratory in the nineteenth century." D. "A primary goal of pharmacology is to prevent disease." - Answer- B A student nurse asks a nursing instructor why anatomy and physiology as well as microbiology when the student only wants to learn about pharmacology. What is the best response by the instructor? A. "An understanding of those subjects is essential to understand pharmacology." B. "Because pharmacology is an outgrowth of those subjects." C. "Knowledge of all those subjects will prepare you to administer medication." D. "You must learn all, since all of those subjects are part of the curriculum." - Answer- A A nurse is teaching a group of nurses about the differences between pharmacology and therapeutics. The nurse determines that learning has occurred when which statements are made? Select all that apply A. "Pharmacology is the development of medicines." B. "Pharmacology is the study of medicines." C. "Therapeutics relates to drug use to treat suffering." D. "Therapeutics is the study of drug interactions." E. "Pharmacology is the study of drugs to prevent disease." - Answer- B, C, and E A nurse administers a vaccine to a client. What is the nurse's best understanding as it relates to the manufacture of a vaccine? A. The vaccine is most commonly synthesized in a laboratory. B. The vaccine is produced by a combination of animal and plant products. C. The vaccine is produced by natural plant extracts in the laboratory. D.