The nurse is teaching a pharmacology class to a group of student nurses. Which key events does the nurse include in the history of pharmacology?
1. Early researchers used themselves and animals as test subjects.
2. Pharmacologists began to synthesize drugs in the laboratory in the 20th century.
3. Modern pharmacology began in the mid-1600s.
4. The first drugs included morphine, cocaine, and penicillin.
5. The Dark Ages provided much useful information that we still use today.
Correct Answer: 1,2
Rationale 1: Early researchers did use themselves and animals as test subjects.
Rationale 2: Pharmacologists did begin to synthesize drugs in the laboratory in the 20th century.
Rationale 3: Modern pharmacology began in the 1800s, not 1600s.
Rationale 4: The first drugs included morphine and cocaine, but not penicillin.
Rationale 5: Little is known about pharmacology during the Dark Ages.
Global Rationale: The nurse would state that early researchers did use themselves and animals as test subjects; pharmacologists did begin to synthesize drugs in the laboratory in the 20th century; and modern pharmacology began in the 1800s, not 1600s. The first drugs included morphine and cocaine, but not penicillin. Little is known about pharmacology during the Dark Ages.
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