The client asks the charge nurse how the health care provider will decide which medication to prescribe. The nurses bases the response on which rationale regarding the "ideal drug"?
1. Effectively treats, prevents, or cures the client's condition
2. Is not quickly eliminated by the body so that it can produce its effects over a prolonged period of time
3. Produces minimal adverse effects
4. Produces a rapid and predictable response
5. Is inexpensive and easily accessible
Correct Answer: 1,4,5
Rationale 1: The goal of pharmacology is to select a drug that will effectively treat, prevent, or cure a condition.
Rationale 2: The goal of pharmacology is to select a drug that will be quickly eliminated by the body after it produces its effects.
Rationale 3: The goal of pharmacology is to select a drug that will produce no short-term or long-term adverse effects.
Rationale 4: The goal of pharmacology is to select a drug that will produce a rapid, predictable response at relatively low doses.
Rationale 5: The ideal drug is affordable and easily accessible.
Global Rationale: The goals of pharmacology include selecting a drug that will: effectively treat, prevent, or cure a condition; produce rapid, predictable responses at relatively low doses; and be affordable and easily accessible. Other goals include selecting a drug that will be quickly eliminated by the body after it produces its effects and will produce no short-term or long-term adverse effects.
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