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P68T

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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 occurred when the students make which comments?
 
  1. Pharmacology is the use of drugs to relieve suffering.
  2. Pharmacology is the study of medicines.
  3. Therapeutics is the study of the therapeutic use of drugs.
  4. Therapeutics is the study of drug interactions.
  5. Pharmacology is the study of drugs to prevent disease.

Question 2

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?
 
  1. The vaccine is produced by natural plant extracts in the laboratory.
  2. The vaccine is naturally produced in animal cells or microorganisms.
  3. The vaccine is produced by a combination of animal and plant products.
  4. The vaccine is most commonly synthesized in a laboratory.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1,2
Rationale: Pharmacology is the study of medicines and the use of drugs to relieve suffering. Therapeutics is the study of disease prevention and treatment of suffering. Pharmacotherapy is the application of drugs for the purpose of disease prevention.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale: Vaccines are naturally produced in animal cells, microorganisms, or by the body itself. Vaccines are not synthesized in a laboratory. Vaccines are not produced by natural plant extracts. Vaccines are not produced by a combination of animal and plant products.


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