NR-293 Week 2 Quiz 1 (Question with Answers) Ch.1 Select the best answer for each question. Question: Which phase of the nursing process requires the nurse to establish a comprehensive baseli ne of data concerning a particular patient? Question: The nurse monitors the fulfillment of goals, and may ...
5. Drug half-life is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of a drug to
a. be absorbed by the body.
b. reach a therapeutic level.
c. exert a response.
d. be removed by the body
6. The nurse recognizes that drugs given by which route will be altered by the first-pass
effect? (Select all that apply.)
a. Oral
b. Sublingual
c. Subcutaneous
d. Intravenous
e. Rectal
7. The nurse is reviewing a list of a patient’s medications and notes that one of the
drugs is known to have a low therapeutic index. Which statement accurately explains
this concept?
a. The difference between a therapeutic dose and toxic dose is large.
b. The difference between a therapeutic dose and toxic dose is small.
c. The dose needed to reach a therapeutic level is small.
d. The drug has only a slight chance of being effective.
8. The nurse prepares to obtain a patient’s blood sample from a central line for a drug
level that is to be drawn just before that medication’s next dose. What is the timing of
this blood draw known as?
a. Half-life
b. Therapeutic level
c. Peak level
d. Trough level
Match each field of study with the corresponding job description of a person working in
that field.
9. ___B_____ Pharmaceutics
10 ___G_____ Pharmacokinetics
11. _____H___ Pharmacodynamics
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