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| The nurse is teaching a pharmacology class to students. What does the nurse include as key events in the history of pharmacology? |
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1. Pharmacologist synthesized drugs in the laboratory in the twentieth century.
2. The initial intention of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering.
3. Early researchers used themselves as test subjects. |
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| The student nurse asks the nursing instructor why he needs to take anatomy and physiology, as well as microbiology, when he only wants to learn about pharmacology. What is the best response by the instructor? |
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| Because an understanding of those subjects is essential to understanding pharmacology. |
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| The nursing instructor is teaching a pharmacology class to student nurses. The current focus is pharmacology and therapeutics. The nursing instructor determines that learning has occured when the students make which comments? |
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Definition
1. Pharmacology is the study of medicines
2. Pharmacology is the use of drugs to relieve suffering. |
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| The nurse administers a vaccine to a child. What is the best understanding of the nurse as it relates to the manufacture of this vaccine. |
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Definition
| The vaccine is naturally produced in animal cells or microorganisms. |
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| the lederly client has gastrointestinal bleeding. The client says to the nurse 'i don't understand this. All id did was take ibuprofen for my arthritis'. Which plan would be best as it relates to the nurse's education of this client. |
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| A plan to teach the advantages and disadvantages of ibuprofen. |
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| The student nurse is preparing for the first pharmacology exam. In planning for this exam, what is most important for the student nurse to remember about the food, drug and cosmetic act? |
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Definition
| It prevented the sale of drugs that had not been thoroughly tested before marketing. |
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| The pharmaceutical representative comes to the physician's office and says his company's pharmaceutical laboratory is marketing a drug that does not need approval by the FDA? . What is the best response by the nurse |
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| Any pharmaceutical drug in America must have approval from the FDA before marketing a drug. |
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| The nurse is emploed by the FDA, and is involved in clinical investigation. What is the primary role of the nurse in this phase of the review and approval process by the FDA? |
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| To perform test on human clients. |
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| The student nurse is taking a pharmacology course and studying about the FDA. What has the student learned about how the FDA hsa decreased the amount of time involved in bringing a new drug to the market? |
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Definition
| Drug manufactures are required to pay yearly user fees, which allow the FDA to hire employees to increase efficiency. |
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| The student nurse is studying the difference between the american and canadian drug approval processes. What is the student nurse's best understanding of the difference between these two governments in the durg approval process. |
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| America incorporates the private and government sectors; Canada uses only the government sector. |
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| The student nurse has completed an initial pharmacology course and tells the nursing instructor that it was difficult and she is glad it is over. What is the best response by the nursing instructor? |
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| Learning is gradual and continuous; we never completely master all areas of pharmacology. |
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| The client says to the nurse 'my wife and I take the same drug, but we have different side effects. Are we doing something wrong? What is the best response by the nurse? |
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| No, differences such as sex can result in different side effects. |
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| The client comes to the emergency department with a myocardial infarction. The client's husband tells the nurse that his wife has been taking calcium carbonate - Tums - for years for what she thought was indigestion. What is the best response by the nurse? |
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Definition
| Your wife was self-diagnosing, which is generally not a good idea. |
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| The nurse is teaching a class for clients about over the counter medications. The nurse determines that edcation has been effective when the clients make which statement? |
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Definition
| We must read all the directions on the label and call the doctor's office if they are not clear. |
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| The client has skin lesion that have not responded to prescription drugs. He tells the nurse he has heard about some research going on with a new drug and questions why he can't take it. What is the best response by the nurse? |
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Definition
| I know its frustrating, but the FDA approval process is in place to ensure that drugs are safe. |
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| What percentage of Americans take at least one presecription drug per year? |
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| Modern phwarmacology was introduced to the US by the opening of the first department of pharmacology at the Universtity of Michigan in the year. |
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| The application of drugs for the purpose of disease prevention and treatment of suffering is known as; |
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| A patient with chronic back pain informs the nurse he has been receiving therapuetic touch in addition to his medications. This type of therapy is best classified as; |
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| How many years does it take to resarch and develop a drug before it is submitted to the FDA for review? |
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| A drug manufacturer that is performing the effects of a drug on laboratory animals would be in which phase of the new drug development timeline? |
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| Preclinical investigation |
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| Identify the correct statement regarding the US and Canadian drug approval process. |
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Definition
| Both realize the need to monitor natural products, dietary supplements, and herbs. |
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| Identify the correct statement regarding the US and Canadian drug approval process. |
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| Both realize the need to monitor natural products, dietary supplements, and herbs. |
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