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Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
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1. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
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2. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
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3. The State Board of Nursing for each state
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4. The State Board of Pharmacy - correct answer✔✔3. The State Board of Nursing for each
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state
2. The benefits to the patient of having an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
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prescriber include: ||//\\||
1. Nurses know more about Pharmacology than other prescribers because they take it both
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in their basic nursing program and in their APRN program.
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2. Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient in decision
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making regarding their care. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
3. APRNs are less likely to prescribe narcotics and other controlled substances.
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4. APRNs are able to prescribe independently in all states, whereas a physician's assistant
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needs to have a physician supervising their practice. - correct answer✔✔2. Nurses care for
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the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient in decision making regarding
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their care. ||//\\||
3. Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:
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1. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication prescribed
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2. Always prescribing the newest medication available for the disease process
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3. Handing out drug samples to poor patients
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,4. Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs - correct answer✔✔1. Factoring in the cost
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to the patient of the medication prescribed
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4. Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:
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1. Asking the patient what drug they think would work best for them
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2. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management
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3. Prescribing medications that are available as samples before writing a prescription
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4. Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration guidelines for prescribing - correct
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answer✔✔2. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
5. Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform because of:
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1. The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient
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outcomes
2. The fact that nurse practitioners will be able to practice independently
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3. The fact that nurse practitioners will have full reimbursement under health-care reform
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4. The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state level - correct answer✔✔1. The
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demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient outcomes
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1. A patient's nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical
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to prescribing because:
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1. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected.
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2. The solubility of the drug will not match the site of absorption.
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3. There will be less free drug available to generate an effect.
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4. Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidneys. - correct answer✔✔1.
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Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
2. Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect:
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1. Must be given by the enteral (oral) route only
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,2. Bypass the hepatic circulation
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3. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
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4. Are converted by the liver to more active and fat-soluble forms - correct answer✔✔3. Are
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rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
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3. The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the:
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1. Kidneys ||//\\||
2. Lungs ||//\\||
3. Bile and feces
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4. Skin - correct answer✔✔2. Lungs
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4. Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to create a storage
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reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:
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1. Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue
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2. Are the reason for giving loading doses
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3. Increase the length of time a drug is available and active
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4. Are most common in collagen tissues - correct answer✔✔3. Increase the length of time a
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drug is available and active ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
5. The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the drug's:
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1. Propensity to go to the target receptor
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2. Biological half-life
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3. Pharmacodynamics
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4. Safety and side effects - correct answer✔✔2. Biological half-life
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6. Azithromycin dosing requires that the first day's dosage be twice those of the other 4 days
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of the prescription. This is considered a loading dose. A loading dose:
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, 1. Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range
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2. Requires four- to five-half-lives to attain
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3. Is influenced by renal function
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4. Is directly related to the drug circulating to the target tissues - correct answer✔✔1.
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Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range
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The point in time on the drug concentration curve that indicates the first sign of a
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therapeutic effect is the: ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
1. Minimum adverse effect level
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2. Peak of action
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3. Onset of action
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4. Therapeutic range - correct answer✔✔3. Onset of action
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8. Phenytoin requires that a trough level be drawn. Peak and trough levels are done:
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1. When the drug has a wide therapeutic range
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2. When the drug will be administered for a short time only
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3. When there is a high correlation between the dose and saturation of receptor sites
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4. To determine if a drug is in the therapeutic range - correct answer✔✔4. To determine if a
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drug is in the therapeutic range
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9. A laboratory result indicates that the peak level for a drug is above the minimum toxic
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concentration. This means that the: ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
1. Concentration will produce therapeutic effects
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2. Concentration will produce an adverse response
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3. Time between doses must be shortened
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4. Duration of action of the drug is too long - correct answer✔✔2. Concentration will
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produce an adverse response ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
with accurate detailed answers ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by:
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1. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
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2. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
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3. The State Board of Nursing for each state
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4. The State Board of Pharmacy - correct answer✔✔3. The State Board of Nursing for each
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state
2. The benefits to the patient of having an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
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prescriber include: ||//\\||
1. Nurses know more about Pharmacology than other prescribers because they take it both
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in their basic nursing program and in their APRN program.
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2. Nurses care for the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient in decision
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making regarding their care. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
3. APRNs are less likely to prescribe narcotics and other controlled substances.
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4. APRNs are able to prescribe independently in all states, whereas a physician's assistant
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needs to have a physician supervising their practice. - correct answer✔✔2. Nurses care for
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the patient from a holistic approach and include the patient in decision making regarding
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their care. ||//\\||
3. Clinical judgment in prescribing includes:
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1. Factoring in the cost to the patient of the medication prescribed
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2. Always prescribing the newest medication available for the disease process
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3. Handing out drug samples to poor patients
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,4. Prescribing all generic medications to cut costs - correct answer✔✔1. Factoring in the cost
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to the patient of the medication prescribed
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4. Criteria for choosing an effective drug for a disorder include:
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1. Asking the patient what drug they think would work best for them
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2. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management
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3. Prescribing medications that are available as samples before writing a prescription
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4. Following U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration guidelines for prescribing - correct
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answer✔✔2. Consulting nationally recognized guidelines for disease management ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
5. Nurse practitioner practice may thrive under health-care reform because of:
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1. The demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient
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outcomes
2. The fact that nurse practitioners will be able to practice independently
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3. The fact that nurse practitioners will have full reimbursement under health-care reform
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4. The ability to shift accountability for Medicaid to the state level - correct answer✔✔1. The
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demonstrated ability of nurse practitioners to control costs and improve patient outcomes
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1. A patient's nutritional intake and laboratory results reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical
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to prescribing because:
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1. Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected.
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2. The solubility of the drug will not match the site of absorption.
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3. There will be less free drug available to generate an effect.
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4. Drugs bound to albumin are readily excreted by the kidneys. - correct answer✔✔1.
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Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
2. Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect:
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1. Must be given by the enteral (oral) route only
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,2. Bypass the hepatic circulation
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3. Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
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4. Are converted by the liver to more active and fat-soluble forms - correct answer✔✔3. Are
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rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action
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3. The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the:
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1. Kidneys ||//\\||
2. Lungs ||//\\||
3. Bile and feces
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4. Skin - correct answer✔✔2. Lungs
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4. Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed intramuscularly (IM) to create a storage
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reservoir of the drug. Storage reservoirs:
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1. Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue
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2. Are the reason for giving loading doses
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3. Increase the length of time a drug is available and active
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4. Are most common in collagen tissues - correct answer✔✔3. Increase the length of time a
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5. The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours based on knowledge of the drug's:
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1. Propensity to go to the target receptor
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2. Biological half-life
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3. Pharmacodynamics
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4. Safety and side effects - correct answer✔✔2. Biological half-life
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6. Azithromycin dosing requires that the first day's dosage be twice those of the other 4 days
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of the prescription. This is considered a loading dose. A loading dose:
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, 1. Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range
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2. Requires four- to five-half-lives to attain
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3. Is influenced by renal function
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4. Is directly related to the drug circulating to the target tissues - correct answer✔✔1.
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Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range
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The point in time on the drug concentration curve that indicates the first sign of a
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1. Minimum adverse effect level
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2. Peak of action
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3. Onset of action
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4. Therapeutic range - correct answer✔✔3. Onset of action
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8. Phenytoin requires that a trough level be drawn. Peak and trough levels are done:
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1. When the drug has a wide therapeutic range
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2. When the drug will be administered for a short time only
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3. When there is a high correlation between the dose and saturation of receptor sites
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4. To determine if a drug is in the therapeutic range - correct answer✔✔4. To determine if a
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drug is in the therapeutic range
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9. A laboratory result indicates that the peak level for a drug is above the minimum toxic
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1. Concentration will produce therapeutic effects
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2. Concentration will produce an adverse response
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3. Time between doses must be shortened
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4. Duration of action of the drug is too long - correct answer✔✔2. Concentration will
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