The Nursing Instructor Is Teaching a Pharmacology Class to Student

question 10

Multiple Choice

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? Select all that apply.

• A) "Pharmacology is the study of drugs to prevent disease."
• B) "Pharmacology is the study of medicines."
• C) "Therapeutics is the study of drug interactions."
• D) "Pharmacology is the use of drugs to relieve suffering"
• E) "Therapeutics is the study of the therapeutic use of drugs."

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Definitions:

Articular Cartilage

A smooth, slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones in joints, facilitating movement and absorbing shocks.

Shaft

The long, narrow, central portion of a long bone or hair, differing in structure or composition from the ends or the surrounding parts.

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Features on the surface of bones, such as ridges and notches, which serve as attachment points for muscles and ligaments.

Foramen

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