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Thelnurselislteachinglalpharmacologylclassltolalgrouploflstudentlnurses.lWhichlkeyleventsldoeslthelnurselincludelinlthel
historyloflpharmacology?
Note:lCreditlwilllbelgivenlonlyliflalllcorrectlchoiceslandlnolincorrectlchoiceslarelselected.
StandardlText:lSelectlalllthatlapply.
1. Earlylresearcherslusedlthemselveslandlanimalslasltestlsubjects.
2. Pharmacologistslbeganltolsynthesizeldrugslinlthellaboratorylinlthel20thlcentury.
3. Modernlpharmacologylbeganlinlthelmid-1600s.
4. Thelfirstldrugslincludedlmorphine,lcocaine,landlpenicillin.
5. ThelDarklAgeslprovidedlmuchlusefullinformationlthatlwelstillluseltoday.
CorrectlAnswer:l1,2
Rationalel1:lEarlylresearchersldidluselthemselveslandlanimalslasltestlsubjects.
Rationalel2:lPharmacologistsldidlbeginltolsynthesizeldrugslinlthellaboratorylinlthel20thlcentury.
Rationalel3:lModernlpharmacologylbeganlinlthel1800s,lnotl1600s.
Rationalel4:lThelfirstldrugslincludedlmorphinelandlcocaine,lbutlnotlpenicillin.
Rationalel5:lLittlelislknownlaboutlpharmacologylduringlthelDarklAges.
GloballRationale:lThelnurselwouldlstatelthatlearlylresearchersldidluselthemselveslandlanimalslasltestlsubjects;lphar
macologistsldidlbeginltolsynthesizeldrugslinlthellaboratorylinlthel20thlcentury;landlmodernlpharmacologylbeganlinlt
hel1800s,lnotl1600s.lThelfirstldrugslincludedlmorphinelandlcocaine,lbutlnotlpenicillin.lLittlelislknownlaboutlpharmac
ologylduringlthelDarklAges.
Questionl2lType
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Althoughlalllareasloflmedicine,lincludinglpharmacology,lhavelmadelgreatladvanceslinlthellastlcentury,lthelearlylrootsl
oflpharmacologylstilllapplylforlthelnurselandlotherlhealthlprofessionals.lWhatlwerelthelearlylrootsloflpharmacology
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1. Applyinglproductsltolrelievelhumanlsuffering
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2. Creatinglnewldrugslaslquicklylaslpossible
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3. Findinglmedicinallalternativesltolplants
4. Understandinglhowldrugsltakeltheirleffects
CorrectlAnswer:l1
Rationalel1:lThelearlylrootloflpharmacologylwasltolrelievelhumanlsuffering.
Rationalel2:lThelearlylrootloflpharmacologylwaslnotltolcreatelnewldrugslquickly.
Rationalel3:lEarlylpharmacologylinvolvedlusinglplantsltolrelievelsymptomsloflsuffering.
Rationalel4:lThelearlylrootloflpharmacologylwaslnotltolunderstandlhowldrugsltakeltheirleffects.
GloballRationale:lThelearlylrootloflpharmacologylwasltolrelievelhumanlsuffering,lnotltolcreatelnewldrugslquick
lylorltolunderstandlhowldrugsltakeltheirleffects.lEarlylpharmacologyldidlinvolvelusinglplantsltolrelievelsymptomsl
oflsuffering.
Questionl3lType
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Althoughlmanylsubstanceslcanlbelconsideredldrugs,lwhichldrugldefinitionlislthelmostlappropriate?
1. Anylsubstancelthatlislfoundlinlnaturelorlthatlnormallyloccurslinlthelbody
2. Anylsubstancelthatlislsynthesizedlandltestedlinlthellaboratorylsetting
3. Anylsubstancelthatlisltakenltolprevent,lcure,lorlreducelsymptomsloflalmedicallcondition
4. Anylsubstancelthatlcanlbelisolatedlfromlnaturallsubstanceslinlnature
CorrectlAnswer:l3
Rationalel1:lAldruglislnotlalsubstancelthatlislfoundlinlnaturelorlthatlnormallyloccurslinlthelhumanlbody.
Rationalel2:lAldruglislnotlonlylalsubstancelthatlislsynthesizedlandltested.
Rationalel3:lAldruglislconsideredltolbelanylsubstancelthatlisltakenltolprevent,lcure,lorlreducelsymptomsloflalmedicallcondi
tion.
Rationalel4:lAldruglislnotlonlylalsubstancelisolatedlfromlnaturallsubstances.
GloballRationale:lAldruglislconsideredltolbelanylsubstancelthatlisltakenltolprevent,lcure,lorlreducelsymptomsloflalmedi
callcondition.lAldruglislnotlalsubstancelthatlislfoundlinlnaturelorlthatlnormallyloccurslinlthelhumanlbody;litlislnotlanylsubs
tancelthatlislsynthesizedlandltestedlinlthellaboratorylsetting,lnorlislitlonlylalsubstancelisolatedlfromlnaturallsubstances.
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Questionl4lType
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Pharmacotherapylislalcriticallinterventionlforlmanylconditions,landlalkeylpartloflnursinglintervention.lWhichlstatementlbe
stldescribeslpharmacotherapy?