Author Question: Many drugs marketed in the 1980s may not be effective in a majority of the population. The nurse ... (Read 76 times)

EY67 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

Many drugs marketed in the 1980s may not be effective in a majority of the population. The nurse understands that this is because these drugs

a. did not pass through the appropriate phases of clinical trials.
b. did not require human subject protections and are invalid.
c. were not tested on women, minorities, or children.
d. were tested on healthy subjects only.

Question 2

The nurse is enrolling subjects for a clinical drug trial in which subjects will be randomly assigned to either a treatment or a placebo group. The pills in both groups will be in identical packaging with identical appearance.

This is an example of which type of study?
a. Crossover
b. Double-blind
c. Open-label
d. Single-blind

aruss1303 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Drug research was historically done only with white males, causing uncertainty as to the validity of the research results.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
In a double-blind study, neither the subject nor the health care provider knows which group the subjects are in. Since there is no difference in the appearance or packaging of the pills, the health care providers will not be aware of which subjects receive the experimental drug and which ones receive the placebo.