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penguins · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse is teaching a pharmacology class to student nurses. What does the nurse include as key events in the history of pharmacology?

1. Initial drugs included morphine, cocaine, and penicillin.
2. Early researchers used themselves as test subjects.
3. The initial intention of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering.
4. Modern pharmacology began in the early 1600s.
5. Pharmacologists synthesized drugs in the laboratory in the twentieth century.

Question 2

A nurse is reviewing the methods for general anesthesia administration. The nurse would expect which route to be used most commonly for this type of anesthesia? Select all that apply.

k2629 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2,3,5
Rationale: The early roots of pharmacology included the application of products to relieve human suffering, and early researchers used themselves as test subjects. Initial drugs included morphine, colchicines, curare, and cocaine, but not penicillin. Modern pharmacology began in the early 1800s, not the 1600s. By the twentieth century, pharmacologists could synthesize drugs in the laboratory.

Answer to Question 2

B, D
Intravenous injection of a rapid-acting drug used to induce general anesthesia. Drugs are then given by inhalation or intravenous injection to maintain anesthesia.