Test Bank For Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 10th Edition

Test Bank For Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 10th Edition provides a strong foundation in exam topics with a balance of theoretical knowledge and practical application.

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Chapter 01: Orientation to PharmacologyTest BankMULTIPLE CHOICE1.The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do this, the nursewill rely on knowledge of which topic?a.Clinical pharmacologyb.Drug efficacyc.Pharmacokineticsd.PharmacotherapeuticsANS:DPharmacotherapeutics 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 efficacymeasures the extent to which a given drug causes an intended effect. Pharmacokinetics is thestudy of the impact of the body on a drug.PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: ComprehensionREF:p. 1TOP:Nursing Process: ImplementationMSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity: Pharmacologic and Parenteral Therapies2.What is a desired outcome when a drug is described as easy to administer?a.It can be stored indefinitely without needfor refrigeration.b.It does not interact significantly with othermedications.c.It enhances patient adherence to the drugregimen.d.It is usually relatively inexpensive toproduce.ANS:CA major benefit of drugs that are easy to administer is that patients taking them are more likely tocomply 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.PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: ComprehensionREF:p. 2TOP:Nursing Process: AssessmentMSC: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Physiologic Integrity: Pharmacologic and Parenteral Therapies3.A patient tells the nurse that an analgesic he will begin taking may cause drowsiness and willdecrease pain up to 4 hours at a time. Based on this understanding of the drug’s effects by thepatient, the nurse will anticipate which outcome?

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