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Karch’s Focus on Nursing Pharmacology 9th Edition.
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Chapter 1
c Introduction to Drugs c c
Chapter 2
c Drugs and the Body
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Chapter 3
c c Toxic Effects of Drugs
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Chapter 4
c The Nursing Process in Drug Therapy and Patient Safety
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Chapter 5
c c Dosage Calculations c
Chapter 6
c Challenges to Effective Drug Therapy c c c c
Chapter 7
c c Introduction to Cell Physiology c c c
Chapter 8
c c Antiinfective Agents c
Chapter 9
c Antibiotics
Chapter 10
c Antiviral Agents c
Chapter 11
c Antifungal Agents c
Chapter 12
c c Antiprotozoal Agents c
Chapter 13
c c Anthelmintic Agents c
Chapter 14
c c Antineoplastic Agents c
Chapter 15
c Introduction to the Immune Response and Inflammationc c c c c c
Chapter 16
c c Antiinflammatory, Antiarthritis, and Related Agents c c c c
Chapter 17
c c Immune Modulators c
Chapter 18
c Vaccines and Sera c c
Chapter 19
c Introduction to Nerves and the Nervous System c c c c c c
Chapter 20
c c Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Agents c c c
Chapter 21
c Antidepressant Agents c
Chapter 22
c c Psychotherapeutic Agents c
Chapter 23
c c Antiseizure Agents c
Chapter 24
c c Antiparkinsonism Agents c
Chapter 25
c c Muscle Relaxants c
Chapter 26
c Opioid Agonists, Opioid Antagonists, and Antimigraine Agents
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Chapter 27
c c General and Local Anesthetic Agents
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Chapter 28
c Neuromuscular Junction Blocking Agents c c c
Chapter 29
c c Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System c c c c c
Chapter 30
c c Adrenergic Agonists c
Chapter 31
c Adrenergic Antagonists c
Chapter 32
c c Cholinergic Agonists c
Chapter 33
c c Anticholinergic Agents c
Chapter 34
c Introduction to the Endocrine System c c c c
Chapter 35
c c Hypothalamic and Pituitary Agents c c c
Chapter 36
c c Adrenocortical Agents c
Chapter 37
c Thyroid and Parathyroid Agents
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Chapter 38
c c Agents to Control Blood Glucose Levels
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Chapter 39
c Introduction to the Reproductive System c c c c
Chapter 40
c Drugs Affecting the Female Reproductive System
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Chapter 41
c c Drugs Affecting the Male Reproductive System
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Chapter 42
c c Introduction to the Cardiovascular System c c c c
Chapter 43
c c Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure
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Chapter 44
c Agents for Treating Heart Failure
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Chapter 45
c c Antiarrhythmic Agents c
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Chapter 46
c Antianginal Agents
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Chapter 47
c c Lipid-Lowering Agents c
Chapter 48
c Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation
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Chapter 49
c c Drugs Used to Treat Anemias
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Chapter 50
c c Introduction to the Renal System
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Chapter 51
c c Diuretic Agents
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Chapter 52
c Drugs Affecting the Urinary Tract and the Bladder
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Chapter 53
c c Introduction to the Respiratory System
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Chapter 54
c Drugs Acting on the Upper Respiratory Tract
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Chapter 55
c c Drugs Acting on the Lower Respiratory Tract
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Chapter 56
c c Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System
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Chapter 57
c c Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Secretions
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Chapter 58
c c Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Motility
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Chapter 59
c c Antiemetic Agents
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Chapter 60
c Vitamin, Minerals, and Complementary/Alternative Medications
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Chapter 1, Introduction to Drugs c c c c
Format: Multiple Choice
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Chapter: 1
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Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
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Cognitive Level: Analyze
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Difficulty: Moderate c
Integrated Process: Nursing Process c c c
Objective: 1
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1. A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a client who is having a
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computed tomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit
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administers chemotherapy to clients who have cancer. At the Public Health
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Department, a nurse administers a measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine to a
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14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best
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describes the actions of all three nurses?
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A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
Ans: B
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Feedback: Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses
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are involved with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch
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of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose
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disease. The radiology nurse is administering a drug to help diagnose a disease.
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The oncology nurse is administering a drug to help treat a disease.
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Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy.
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Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body, and pharmacokinetics is c c c c c c c c c c
how the body acts on the body.
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Format: Multiple Choice
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