A nursing student asks a nursing instructor whether there are any tips that will make learning pharmacology easier. The instructor gives an example of the anticoagulant heparin. The instructor indicates that knowing heparin and comparing other drugs to it will facilitate learning the many anticoagulants. Which approach is the instructor using?

A. Mechanism of action approach
B. Generic name approach
C. Trade name approach
D. Prototype drug approach


Answer: D

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