ATI RN
ATI Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam I Questions
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Question 1 of 5
A nurse working in radiology administers iodine to a patient who is having a computed tomography (CT) scan. The nurse working on the oncology unit administers chemotherapy to a patient who has cancer. At the public health department, a nurse administers a measles mumps rubella vaccine to a 14-month-old child as a routine immunization. Which branch of pharmacology best describes the actions of the three nurses?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The correct answer is B: Pharmacotherapeutics. Pharmacotherapeutics focuses on the use of drugs to treat diseases or alleviate symptoms. In this scenario, the nurses are administering medications with the intention of treating or preventing specific conditions: iodine for imaging in radiology, chemotherapy for cancer treatment, and the MMR vaccine for immunization. Pharmacodynamics (
A) deals with the effects of drugs on the body, not the therapeutic use. Pharmacoeconomics (
C) involves the cost-effectiveness of drug therapy, not the administration of drugs. Pharmacokinetics (
D) focuses on drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, not the therapeutic purpose of drug administration.
Therefore, Pharmacotherapeutics is the best branch of pharmacology to describe the actions of the nurses in this scenario.
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