Questionl1l
Type:
MCMA
Thelnurselislteachinglalpharmacologylclassltolstudentlnurses.lWhatldoeslthelnurselincludelaslkeyle
ventslinlthelhistoryloflpharmacology?
Note:lCreditlwilllbelgivenlonlyliflalllcorrectlchoiceslandlnolincorrectlchoiceslarelselected.
StandardlText:lSelectlalllthatlapply.
1. Initialldrugslincludedlmorphine,lcocaine,landlpenicillin.
2. Earlylresearcherslusedlthemselveslasltestlsubjects.
3. Thelinitiallintentionloflpharmacologylwasltolrelievelhumanlsuffering.
4. Modernlpharmacologylbeganlinlthelearlyl1600s.
5. Pharmacologistslsynthesizedldrugslinlthellaboratorylinltheltwentiethlcentury.
CorrectlAnswer:l2,3,5
Rationalel1:lInitialldrugslisolatedlfromlcomplexlmixtureslincludedlmorphine,lcol
chicines,lcurare,landlcocaine,lbutlnotlpenicillin.
Rationalel2:lSomelearlylresearchers,lsuchlaslFriedrichlSerturner,lusedlthemselveslasltestlsubj
ects.
Rationalel3:lThelearlylrootsloflpharmacologylincludedlthelapplicationloflproductsltolrelievelhum
anlsuffering.
Rationalel4:lModernlpharmacologylbeganlinlthelearlyl1800s,lnotlthel1600s.
Rationalel5:lByltheltwentiethlcentury,lpharmacologistslcouldlsynthesizeldrugslinlthellab
oratory.
GloballRationale:lThelearlylrootsloflpharmacologylincludedlthelapplicationloflproductsltolrelieve
lhumanlsuffering,landlearlyl researcherslusedlthemselveslasltestlsubjects.lInitialldrugslincludedlmor
phine,lcolchicines,lcurare,landlcocaine,lbutlnotlpenicillin.lModernlpharmacologylbeganlinlthelearl
yl1800s,lnotlthel1600s.lByltheltwentiethlcentury,lpharmacologistslcouldlsynthesizeldrugslinlthellab
oratory.
,CognitivelLevel:lApplying
ClientlNeed:lPhysiologicallIntegrity
ClientlNeedlSub:lPharmacologicallandlParenterallTherapies
QSENlCompetencies:lI.A.1lIntegratelunderstandingloflmultipleldimensionsloflpatientlcenteredlcar
e:lpatient/family/communitylpreferences,lvalues;lcoordinationlandlintegrationloflcare;linformation
,lcommunication,landleducation;lphysicallcomfortlandlemotionallsupport;linvolvementloflfamilylan
dlfriends;landltransitionlandlcommunity.
AACNlEssentiallCompetencies:lI.7lIntegratelthelknowledgelandlmethodsloflalvarietylofld
isciplinesltolinformldecisionlmaking.
NLNlCompetencies:lKnowledgelandlScience:lIntegrationloflknowledgelfromlnursinglandloth
erldisciplines.
Nursing/IntegratedlConcepts:lNursinglProcess:lImplementation
LearninglOutcome:l1-1lIdentifylkeyleventslinlthelhistoryloflpharmacology.
MNLlLearninglOutcome:l1.1.1lApplylbasiclconceptslrelatedltolpharmacology.
PagelNumber:l3
Questionl2l
Type:
MCSA
Thelstudentlnurselaskslthelnursinglinstructorlwhylhelneedsltoltakelanatomylandlphysiology,laslwelllasl
microbiology,lwhenlhelonlylwantsltollearnlaboutlpharmacology.lWhatlislthelbestlresponselbylthelinstru
ctor?
1. "Becauselpharmacologylislanloutgrowthloflthoselsubjects."
2. "Youlmustllearnlall,lsincelthoselsubjects,laslwelllaslpharmacology,larelpartloflthelcurri
culum."
3. "Knowledgeloflalllthoselsubjectslwilllpreparelyoultolprovidelthelbestlpatientlcare,lincludinglthela
dministrationloflmedications."
4. "Becauselanlunderstandingloflthoselsubjectslislessentialltolunderstandinglpharmacology."
CorrectlAnswer:l4
Rationalel1:lPharmacologylislanloutgrowthloflanatomy,lphysiology,landlmicrobiology,lbutlthislisln
otlthelmostlcompletelreasonlforlthelnurseltollearnlthem.
, Rationalel2:lThelnurselmustllearnlanatomy,lphysiology,landlmicrobiologyltolunderstandlpha
rmacology,lnotlbecauseltheylarelpartloflthelcurriculum.
Rationalel3:lKnowledgeloflanatomy,lphysiology,landlmicrobiologylprepareslthelnurseltolund
erstandlpharmacology,lnotltolprovidelcarelsuchlasladministrationloflmedications.
Rationalel4:lItlislessentiallforlthelnurseltolhavelalbroadlknowledgelbaseloflmanylscienceslinlorderl
tollearnlpharmacology.
GloballRationale:lItlislessentiallforlthelnurseltolhavelalbroadlknowledgelbaseloflmanylscienceslinlord
erltollearnlpharmacology.lThelnurselmustllearnlanatomy,lphysiology,landlmicrobiologyltolunderstan
dlpharmacology,lnotlbecauseltheylarelpartloflthelcurriculum.lPharmacologylislanloutgrowthloflanato
my,lphysiology,landlmicrobiology,lbutlthislislnotlthelreasonlforlthelnurseltollearnlthem.lKnowledgelo
flanatomy,lphysiology,landlmicrobiologylprepareslthelnurseltolunderstandlpharmacology,lnotltolpro
videlcarelsuchlasladministrationloflmedications.
CognitivelLevel:lApplying
ClientlNeed:lPhysiologicallIntegrity
ClientlNeedlSub:lPharmacologicallandlParenterallTherapies
QSENlCompetencies:lI.A.1lIntegratelunderstandingloflmultipleldimensionsloflpatientlcenteredlcar
e:lpatient/family/communitylpreferences,lvalues;lcoordinationlandlintegrationloflcare;linformation
,lcommunication,landleducation;lphysicallcomfortlandlemotionallsupport;linvolvementloflfamilylan
dlfriends;landltransitionlandlcommunity.
AACNlEssentiallCompetencies:lI.7lIntegratelthelknowledgelandlmethodsloflalvarietylofld
isciplinesltolinformldecisionlmaking.
NLNlCompetencies:lKnowledgelandlScience:lIntegrationloflknowledgelfromlnursinglandlotherldis
ciplines.
Nursing/IntegratedlConcepts:lNursinglProcess:lImplementation
LearninglOutcome:l1-
2lExplainlthelinterdisciplinarylnatureloflpharmacology,lgivinglanlexampleloflhowlknowledgelfromldif
ferentlscienceslimpactslthelnurse’slrolelinldrugladministration.
MNLlLearninglOutcome:l1.1.1lApplylbasiclconceptslrelatedltolpharmacology.lPagelNu
mber:l3
Questionl3l
Type:
MCMA
Thelnursinglinstructorlislteachinglalpharmacologylclassltolstudentlnurses.lThelcurrentlfocuslislphar
macologylandltherapeutics.lThelnursinglinstructorldetermineslthatllearninglhasloccurredlwhenlthels
tudentslmakelwhichlcomments?
Note:lCreditlwilllbelgivenlonlyliflalllcorrectlchoiceslandlnolincorrectlchoiceslarelselected.