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Holland/Adams/Brice, Core Concepts in Pharmacology 5th Edition Test Bank Chapter 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. The b...

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Chapter 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. 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 treat
diseases


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
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 are
selected.

1. Physician’s assistants
2. Advanced nurse practitioners
3. Dentists
4. Medical assistants
5. Registered nurses


Correct Answer: 1, 2, 3

Question 4
Type: MCSA

Which branch of medicine is concerned with the treatment of disease and suffering?

1. Pharmacology
2. Therapeutics
3. Pathophysiology
4. Pharmacotherapeutics
Correct Answer: 2


Question 5
Type: MCSA

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 be
given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.

, 1. Traditional drugs
2. Sunscreens
3. Biologics
4. Natural alternative therapies
5. Antiperspirants
Correct Answer: 1, 3, 4


Question 7
Type: MCSA

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 biologic
agents are chemically produced in a laboratory.
3. Traditional drugs are chemically produced in a laboratory, whereas biologic agents are
naturally 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 is
used over long periods of time?


1. Prescription-only to over-the-counter (OTC) drug

2. One classification to a lower, less restrictive one

3. Traditional drug therapy classification to biologics classification

4. Therapeutic to effective


Correct Answer: 1



Question 10
Type: MCMA

Which statement best describes the advantages of prescription drugs versus over-the-counter
(OTC) drugs? (Select all that apply.) Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no
incorrect choices are selected.

1. The cost of the drug is always less than the cost of an OTC drug.
2. The practitioner can maximize therapy by ordering the proper medication for the client’s
condition.
3. There are fewer side effects of prescription drugs than of OTC drugs.
4. The practitioner is able to control the dose and frequency of dosing of the drug.
5. Prescription drugs do not require a practitioner order.


Correct Answer: 2, 4

Question 11
Type: MCMA

The nurse is discussing the advantages of over-the-counter (OTC) medications with a client.
Which statements are disadvantages of OTC drugs versus prescription drugs? (Select all that
apply.) Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are
selected.


1. OTC drugs can react with foods, herbal products, and prescriptions, or with other OTC
drugs.

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