Test Bank Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care,
11th Edition by Jacqueline Burchum, Laura Rosenthal
Chapter 1-112|Complete Guide A+EXAM QUESTIONS
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Chapter 1: Orientation to
PharmacologyTest Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do
this, thenurse will rely on knowledge of:
a. clinical pharmacology.
b. drug efficacy.
c. pharmacokinetics.
d. pharmacotherapeutics.
ANS: D
Pharmacotherapeutics is the study of the use of drugs to diagnose, treat, and
prevent conditions. Clinical pharmacology is concerned with all aspects of drug–
human interactions.Drug efficacy measures the extent to which a given drug causes
an intended effect.
Pharmacokinetics is the study of the impact of the body on a drug.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Four Basic
TermsTOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity: Pharmacologic and Parenteral
Therapies
2. What does it mean when a drug is described as easy to administer?
a. It can be stored indefinitely without need for refrigeration.
b. It does not interact significantly with other medications.
c. It enhances patient adherence to the drug regimen.
d. It is usually relatively inexpensive to produce.
ANS: C
A major benefit of drugs that are easy to administer is that patients taking them
are morelikely to comply with the drug regimen. Drugs that are easy to give may
have the other attributes listed, but those properties are independent of ease of
administration.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
REF: Additional Properties of an Ideal Drug: Ease of
AdministrationTOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity: Pharmacologic and Parenteral
Therapies
3. A patient tells the nurse that he was told by the prescriber that the analgesic he is
taking is very effective. Which statement by the patient demonstrates an
understanding of the drug‘seffectiveness?
a. ―I don‘t have to worry about toxicity, since it takes a large amount of this
drug tocause an overdose.‖
b. ―It has no side effects and doesn‘t interact with other drugs.‖
c. ―I only have to take it every 12 hours.‖
d. ―It might make me sleepy, and it lessens pain for several hours at a time. [Show Less]