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9th Edition by Rebecca Tucker
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Chapters 1 - 59 vb vb vb vb
, Table of Contents vb vb
Chapter vb01- vbIntroduction vbto
vbDrugs v bChapter vb 02- vb Drugs vb and
vbthe vbBody vbChapter vb03- vbToxic
vbEffects vbof vbDrugs
Chapter vb04- vbThe vbNursing vbProcess vbin vbDrug vbTherapy vband vbPatient
vbSafety vC
b hapter vb05- v bDosage vbCalculations
Chapter vb06- vbChallenges vbto vbEffective vbDrug
vbTherapy vC b hapter vb07- vb Introduction vbto vbCell
vbPhysiology vbChapter vb 08- vbAnti-infective v bAgents
Chapter vb09- vbAntibiotics
vbChapter vb 10- vbAntiviral
vbAgents vbChapter vb11-
vbAntifungal vbAgents
Chapter vb12- vb Antiprotozoal
vbAgents vbChapter vb 13-
vbAnthelmintic vbAgents vbChapter
vb14- vbAntineoplastic vbAgents
Chapter vb15- vbIntroduction vbto vbthe vbImmune vbResponse vband
vbInflammation vC b hapter vb 16- vbAnti-inflammatory, vbAntiarthritis, v band
vbRelated vbAgents vbChapter vb17- vb Immune vbModulators
Chapter vb18- vbVaccines vband vbSera
Chapter vb19- vbIntroduction vbto vbNerves vband vbthe vbNervous
vbSystem vC b hapter vb20- v bAnxiolytic vband vbHypnotic vbAgents
Chapter vb21- vbAntidepressant vbAgents
vbChapter vb 22- vbPsychotherapeutic
vbAgents vC b hapter vb23- v bAntiseizure
vbAgents vbChapter vb 24-
vbAntiparkinsonism vbAgents vC b hapter
vb25- vb Muscle vbRelaxants
Chapter vb26- vbNarcotics, vbNarcotic vbAntagonists, vband vbAntimigraine
vbAgents vC b hapter vb27- vbGeneral vband vb Local vb Anesthetic vbAgents
Chapter vb28- vbNeuromuscular vbJunction vbBlocking vbAgents
vbChapter vb29- vbIntroduction vbto vbthe vbAutonomic vbNervous
vbSystem vC b hapter vb30- vbAdrenergic vbAgonists
Chapter vb31- vbAdrenergic
vbAntagonists vC b hapter v b32-
vbCholinergic vb Agonists vbChapter
vb33- vbAnticholinergic vbAgents
Chapter vb34- vbIntroduction vbto vbthe vbEndocrine
vbSystemvC b hapter vb 35- vbHypothalamic vband
vbPituitary vbAgents vbChapter vb36- vb Adrenocortical
vbAgents
Chapter v b 37- v b Thyroid v b and v bParathyroid v bAgents
vbChapter vb38- vbAgents vbto vbControl vbBlood vbGlucose
vbLevelsvC b hapter vb39- vbIntroduction vbto vbthe
vbReproductive vbSystem
Chapter vb40- vbDrugs vbAffecting vbthe vbFemale vbReproductive
vbSystem vC b hapter vb41- vb Drugs vbAffecting vbthe vb Male
vbReproductive vbSystem vbChapter vb 42- vbIntroduction vbto vbthe
vbCardiovascular vbSystem vbChapter vb43- vb Drugs vb Affecting
vbBlood vbPressure
Chapter vb44- vbAgents vbfor vbTreating vbHeart
vbFailurevC b hapter vb45- vbAntiarrhythmic v bAgents
Chapter vb46- vbAntianginal vbAgents
vbChapter vb47- vbLipid-Lowering
vbAgents
Chapter vb48- vbDrugs vbAffecting vbBlood
vbCoagulation vC b hapter vb 49- vbDrugs vb Used vbto
vb Treat vbAnemias v bChapter vb 50- vb Introduction vbto
vbthe vbRenal vbSystem vbChapter vb 51- vbDiuretic
vbAgents
Chapter vb52- vbDrugs vbAffecting vbthe vbUrinary vbTract vband vbthe
vbBladdervC b hapter vb53- v bIntroduction vbto vbthe vbRespiratory
vbSystem
,Chapter vb54- vbDrugs vbActing vbon vbthe vbUpper vbRespiratory
vb TractvC
b hapter vb55- vbDrugs vbActing vbon vbthe vbLower
vbRespiratory vbTractvC b hapter vb56- vbIntroduction vbto vbthe
vbGastrointestinal vbSystem vbChapter vb 57- vbDrugs vbAffecting
vbGastrointestinal vbSecretions vbChapter vb 58- vbDrugs
vbAffecting vbGastrointestinal vb Motility vbChapter vb59-
vbAntiemetic v bAgents
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v b ApplicationDifficulty: vb
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1.A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a
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vb computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan. A nurse working on an oncology
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vb unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public
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vb Health Department, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
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vb vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of
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vb pharmacology best describes the actions of all three nurses?
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A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
ANSWER: B
Response:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are
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vb involved with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch
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vb of pharmacology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and
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vb diagnose disease. The nurse working in radiology is administering a drug to
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vb help diagnose a disease. The nurse working on an oncology unit is administering
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vb a drug to help treat adisease. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in
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vb drug therapy.
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ishow the body acts on the drug.
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2.A physician has ordered intramuscular injections of morphine, a narcotic, every
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vb 4 hours as needed for pain for a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is
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aware thatthere is a high abuse potential for this drug; therefore, morphine is
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