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? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. "Pharmacology is the development of medicines."
2. "Pharmacology is the study of medicines."
3. "Therapeutics relates to drug use to treat suffering."
4. "Therapeutics is the study of drug interactions."
5. "Pharmacology is the study of drugs to prevent disease."
2,3,5
Rationale 1: Pharmacology is not the development of medicines
Rationale 2: Pharmacology is the study of medicines.
Rationale 3: Therapeutics is the use of drugs in the treatment of suffering.
Rationale 4: Therapeutics is not related to study of drug interactions.
Rationale 5: Pharmacotherapy is the application of drugs for the purpose of disease prevention.
Global Rationale: Pharmacology is the study of medicines and the use of drugs to relieve suffering. Therapeutics is the study of disease prevention and treatment of suffering. Pharmacotherapy is the application of drugs for the purpose of disease prevention.
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