NURS 3100 MyLab|| 140 Questions|| Correct Answers|| Verified

A nurse is reviewing key events in the history of pharmacology with a student nurse. Which student comment indicates an understanding? - ANSWER "Early researchers used themselves as test subjects." 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? - ANSWER "An understanding of those subjects is essential to understand pharmacology." 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? - ANSWER "Pharmacology is the study of medicines." "Therapeutics relates to drug use to treat suffering." "Pharmacology is the study of drugs to prevent disease." A nurse administers a vaccine to a client. What is the nurse's best understanding as it relates to the manufacture of a vaccine? - ANSWER The vaccine is naturally produced in animal cells or microorganisms. An older client is admitted with gastrointestinal bleeding. The client says to the nurse, "I don't understand this. All I did was take ibuprofen (Advil) for my arthritis." What is the nurse's best response? - ANSWER Teach the client about the side effects of ibuprofen (Advil). A nurse teaches a student nurse about the pharmacological classification of drugs. The nurse evaluates that learning has occurred when the student makes whichresponse? - ANSWER "A calcium channel blocker blocks heart calcium channels." A nurse is providing medication education to a client with hypertension. The nurse teaches the client that the health care provider ordered a diuretic to decrease the amount of fluid in the client's body. Which statement best describes the nurse's instruction? - ANSWER The nurse explained the drug's mechanism of action.