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Chapterm1: f f Introduction to
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Cognitive Level: Application Diffic ff ff ff
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Integrated Process: Nursing process ff f f ff
1.A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a co
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mputerized axial tomography (CAT) scan. A nurse working on an oncology
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unit administers chemotherapy to patients who have cancer. At the Public Health
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Dep artment, a nurse administers a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to a
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14- month-
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old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best
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describ es the actions of all three nurses?
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A) Pharmacoeconomics
B) Pharmacotherapeutics
C) Pharmacodynamics
D) Pharmacokinetics
Ans: B
Response:
Pharmacology is the study of the biologic effects of chemicals. Nurses are ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
ffinvolve d with clinical pharmacology or pharmacotherapeutics, which is a branch
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of pharm acology that deals with the uses of drugs to treat, prevent, and
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ffdiagnose disease. T he nurse working in radiology is administering a drug to help
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diagnose a disease. T he nurse working on an oncology unit is administering a
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drug to help treat a diseas
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e. Pharmacoeconomics includes any costs involved in drug therapy.
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Pharmacodynamics involves how a drug affects the body, and pharmacokinetics
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is how the body acts on the drug.
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Cognitive Level: Comprehension D ff ff ff
ifficulty: Easy
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2.A physician has ordered intramuscular injections of morphine, a narcotic, every 4 h
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ours as needed for pain for a motor vehicle accident victim. The nurse is aware
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that there is a high abuse potential for this drug; therefore, morphine is
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categorized as a:
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B) Schedule II drug ff f f
C) Schedule III drug ff f f
D) Schedule IV drug ff ff
Ans: B
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Narcotics such as morphine are considered schedule II drugs because of the high a
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buse potential with severe dependence liability. Schedule I drugs have high abuse
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p otential and no accepted medical use. Schedule III drugs have a lesser abuse
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potent ial than schedule II drugs and an accepted medical use. Schedule IV
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ffdrugs have lo w abuse potential and limited dependence liability.
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Cognitive Level: Comprehension ff ff
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Integrated Process: Communication and documentation ff f f ff ff
3. A nurse working for a drug company is involved in phase III drug evaluation
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ff studi es. Which of the following might the nurse be responsible for during this
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who have the disease that the drug is meant to treat
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rug and determining whether they are caused by the disease or the drug Info
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D) rming healthy, young volunteer participants of possible risks that could
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occur from taking an experimental drug
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Ans: C
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Phase III studies involve use of a drug in a vast clinical market where patients are
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asked to record any symptoms they experience while taking the drugs. Nurses
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may be responsible for helping collect and analyze the information to be
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shared with th e Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Use of animals in
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drug testing is done in the preclinical trials. A select group of patients who are
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involved in phase II studie s participate in studies where the participants have
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the disease the drug is intended to treat. These patients are monitored closely
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for drug effects. Phase I studies invol ve healthy human volunteers who are
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usually paid for their participation. Nurses m ay observe for adverse effects and
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toxicity.
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Cognitive Level: Comprehension D ff ff ff
ifficulty: Moderate
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4. Which of the following concepts is considered when generic drugs are substituted
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fff or brand-name drugs?
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A) Bioavailability
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C) Distribution
D) Half-life
Ans: A
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on and is available to act on body cells. Binders used in a generic drug may not
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be the same as those used in the brand-
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name drug. Therefore, the way the body breaks down and uses the drug may
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differ, which may eliminate a substitution. Critical concentration is the amount of
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a drug that is needed to cause a therapeutic effect.
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Distribution is the phase of pharmacokinetics that involves the movement of a drug
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to the body's tissues. A drug's half-
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life is the time it takes for the amount of drug to decrease to one-
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half of the peak level.
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Cognitive Level: Analysis Difficu ff ff ff
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Integrated Process: Teaching/learning ff f f
A) 5.A nurse is teaching her patient about the use of over-the-
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counter (OTC) drugs. Which of the following statements best informs the patient a
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B) ffbout their safe use? ff ff ff
―OTC drugs are products that are available without prescription for self- ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
treatment of minor complaints.‖ ff ff ff ff
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