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Pharmacology and the Nursing Process 10th Edition Test Bank
Chapter 4 : Cultural, Legal, and Ethical Considerations Questions
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is reviewing facts about pharmacology for a review course. The term legend drug refers to which item?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The term legend drug refers to prescription drugs, which were differentiated from over-the-counter drugs by the 1951 Durham-Humpphrey Amendment. Orphan drugs are drugs that are developed for rare diseases. The other options are not examples of legend drugs.
Question 2 of 5
Nurses have the ethical responsibility of doing or actively promoting good. What is this principle known as?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Beneficeence is the ethical principle of doing or actively promoting good. Veracity is defined as the duty to tell the truth. Justice is the ethical principle of being fair or equal in one's actions. Autonomy is self-determination, or the ability to make one's own decisions.
Question 3 of 5
A patient is undergoing major surgery and asks the nurse about a living will. He states, -I don't want anybody else making decisions for me. And I don't want to prolong my life. I The patient is demonstrating which ethical term?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Autonomy includes self-determination, or the ability to act on one's own, including making one's own decisions about health care. Veracity is defined as the duty to tell the truth. Justice is the ethical principle of being fair or equal in one's actions. Beneficeence is the ethical principle of doing or actively promoting good.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is reviewing a list of scheduled drugs and notes that Schedule C-I drugs are not on the list. Which is a characteristic of Schedule C-I drugs?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Schedule C-I drugs are used only with approved protocols. Schedule C-II drugs are available only by written prescription, and refills are not permitted. Being available over-the-counter with a signature may be true of Schedule C-V drugs in certain states.
Question 5 of 5
During a busy night shift, a new nurse administered an unfamiliar medication without checking it in a drug handbook. Later that day, the patient had a severe reaction because he has renal problems, which was a contraindindation to that drug. The nurse may be liable for which of these?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Negligence is the failure to act in a reasonable and prudent manner or failure of the nurse to give the care that a reasonably prudent (cautious) nurse would render or use under similar circumstances. Nurses are expected to assess patients thoroughly before medications are given, and to be familiar with medications they are administering. In this case, nursing negligence applies to nurses, not medical negligence. Nonmaleficence is defined as the duty to do no harm, autonomy is defined as the right to make one's own decisions, or self-determination.