Test Bank For Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care 11th Edition Chapter 1-112

Test Bank For Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care 11th Edition Chapter 1-1122. A patient claims to get better effects with a tablet of Brand X of a drug than with a tablet of Brand Y of the same drug. Both brands contain the same amount of the active ingredient. What does the nurse know to be most likely? Advertising by pharmaceutical companies can enhance patient expectations of one a. brand over another, leading to a placebo effect. Because the drug preparations are chemically equivalent, the effects of the two brands b. must be identical. Tablets can differ in composition and can have differing rates of disintegration and c. dissolution, which can alter the drug’s effects in the body. d. The bioavailability of a drug is determined by the amount of the drug in each dose. 3. A patient receives a drug that has a narrow therapeutic range. The nurse administering this medication will expect to do what? a. Administer the drug at intervals longer than the drug half-life. b. Administer this medication intravenously. c. Monitor plasma drug levels. d. Teach the patient that maximum drug effects will occur within a short period. 4. A patient is given a prescription for azithromycin (Zithromax) and asks the nurse why the dose on the first day is twice the amount of the dose on the next 4 days. Which reply by the nurse is correct? a. “A large initial dose helps to get the drug to optimal levels in the body faster.” b. “The first dose is larger to minimize the first pass effect of the liver.” A+ Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care 10th Edition TEST BANK(Chapter 1-110).Questions and Answers with Rationales.Complete Test Bank c. “The four smaller doses help the body taper the amount of drug more gradually