Answer to Question 1
Correct Answer: 1, 2, 3
Rationale 1: Physician's assistants are able to prescribe medications.
Rationale 2: Advanced nurse practitioners are able to prescribe medications.
Rationale 3: Dentists are able to prescribe medications.
Rationale 4: Medical assistants is incorrect because medical assistants are unlicensed and unable to prescribe medications.
Rationale 5: Registered nurses is incorrect because prescribing medications is not in their scope of practice.
Global Rationale: Physician assistants, advanced practice practitioners, and dentists are able to prescribe medications. Medical assistants and registered nurses are able to dispense medications, but they are unable to prescribe medication.
Answer to Question 2
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: The study of medicine is the definition of pharmacology.
Rationale 2: The use of medicine to treat disease is incorrect because this is the definition for pharmacotherapeutic s.
Rationale 3: The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease and suffering is incorrect because this is the definition for therapeutics.
Rationale 4: The use of herbs, natural extracts, vitamins, minerals, or dietary supplements is incorrect because this is the definition of natural alternative therapies.
Global Rationale: Pharmacology is the study of medicine. The use of medicine to treat disease is incorrect because this is the definition for pharmacotherapeutic s. The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease and suffering is incorrect because this is the definition for therapeutics. The use of herbs, natural extracts, vitamins, minerals, or dietary supplements is incorrect because this is the definition of natural alternative therapies.
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