Test Bank on the Core Concepts in Pharmacology 5th Edition by Holland, Adams and BriceChapter 1
Question 1 Type: MCSA A nurse educator wants to define the term pharmacology for the student. Which definition is most appropriate? 1. The study of medicine 2. The use of medicine to treat disease 3. Th...
Chapter 1
Question 1
Type: MCSA
A nurse educator wants to define the term pharmacology for the student. Which definition ismost
appropriate?
1. The study of medicine
2. The use of medicine to treat disease
3. The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease and suffering
4. The use of herbs, natural extracts, vitamins, minerals, or dietary supplements to treatdiseases
2, Nurses are responsible for administering medications. Nurses do not prescribe medications.Which best
explains the reason why nurses study pharmacology?
1. To educate and advise patients regarding their healthcare needs
2. To clarify the reasons why a prescriber may prescribe a certain medication to the patient
3. To understand how adverse effects of medications can be avoided
4. To generate research for medications
Question 2
Type: MCSA
Nurses are responsible for administering medications. Nurses do not prescribe medications.Which best
explains the reason why nurses study pharmacology?
1. To educate and advise patients regarding their healthcare needs
2. To clarify the reasons why a prescriber may prescribe a certain medication to the patient
3. To understand how adverse effects of medications can be avoided
4. To generate research for medications
Correct Answer: 1
Question 3
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, Type: MCMA
In addition to physicians, which healthcare providers are able to prescribe medications? (Select all that
apply.) Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices areselected.
Which definition best describes the term pharmaceutics?
1. The science of preparing and dispensing drugs, and a very important part of
pharmacotherapy
2. The use of medicine to treat disease
3. Agents naturally produced in animal cells, in microorganisms, or by the body itself
4. Herbs, natural extracts, vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements
Correct Answer: 1
Question 6
Type: MCMA
Which items are considered medically therapeutic? (Select all that apply.) Note: Credit will begiven only if all
correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
1. Traditional drugs
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Insulin would fall into which therapeutic drug category?
1. Biologics
2. Alternative therapies
3. Natural therapy
4. Traditional therapeutic drug
Correct Answer: 1
Question 8
Type: MCSA
Which statement best describes how a traditional drug is different from a biologic agent?
1. Biologics and traditional drugs are identical chemically.
2. Traditional drugs are naturally produced by the body or in animal cells, whereas biologicagents are
chemically produced in a laboratory.
3. Traditional drugs are chemically produced in a laboratory, whereas biologic agents arenaturally
produced by the body or in animal cells.
4. Biologics include herbs, natural extracts, vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements.
Correct Answer: 3
Question 9
Type: MCSA
Which medication change often occurs when a drug demonstrates a wide margin of safety and isused over long
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