Kaplan Admission Test Writing Proctored Exam
Read Passage 5 and answer the questions following the passage. 1 Pharmacology is the study of drugs and how they affect living things. 2 It is the science of substances that have medicinal properties. 3 These substances are called pharmaceuticals or medications. 4 Nursing pharmacology studies the type of drugs called medications. 5 It explores the composition and characteristics of medications. 6 It describes how they act and interact with humans and their physiologic processes. 7 It focuses on therapeutic medications-substances or agents that treat diseases or medical conditions. 8 It also studies how they can be toxic to life processes. 9 Nursing pharmacology combines the sciences of nursing, chemistry, biology, medicine, and physiology. 10 It joins these with statistics, mathematics, business, education and other fields. 11 Nursing pharmacology includes several subtypes: Clinical pharmacology studies the medical effects of medications Neuropharmacology studies the effects of mediations on the nervous system; Psychopharmacology studies the effects of medications on behavior 12 Nurses know about pharmacology regulation, which requires that all medications must be safe. 13 They know that extensive studies must prove that medications do not harm people. 14 They understand that regulations also require that medications must be effective-thorough testing must prove that they treat the diseases they target. 15 They know that medications are tested for effectiveness before they treat disease. 16 Nursing pharmacology is an ever-changing and growing science. 17 Nurses continually study it, to learn about new medications and new types of medications. 18 They know about commonly used medications and how they meet specific treatment needs. What information follows sentence 10 about the sciences and fields in nursing Pharmacology?
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