Chapter 15 Core Concepts in Pharmacology 3rd edition By Holland - Adams

Chapter 15 Core Concepts in Pharmacology 3rd edition By Holland – Adams

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) A client has to have major surgery. The OR nurse knows that three of the five major routes for
applying local anesthetics include: (Select all that apply.)
A) Tendon block. B) Spinal. C) Epidural. D) Topical.
1)
2) The nurse knows that local anesthetics work by:
A) Blocking sodium channels. B) Increasing sensation.
C) Numbing the skin. D) Blocking calcium channels.
2)
3) ________ occurs when sensation is lost to a limited part of the body without loss of consciousness.
A) General anesthesia B) Local anesthesia
C) Surgical anesthesia D) Total anesthesia
3)
4) A client comes into the dentist office for a root canal. The nurse knows that from the mid-1900s to
the 1960s, the ester of choice for dental procedures was:
A) Benzocaine (Solarcaine). B) Cocaine.
C) Lidocaine (Xylocaine). D) Procaine (Novocain).
4)
5) Which of the following medications is not an ester?
A) Tetracaine (Pontocaine) B) Benzocaine (Americaine)
C) Chloroprocaine (Nesacaine) D) Bupivicaine (Marcaine)

Answer Key
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1) B, C, D
2) A
3) B
4) D
5) D