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sforms,sbothsdrugssaresabsorbedsintosthescirculation sinsidenticalsamounts.sT
hus,sbecausestheyshavesthessamesabsorptionsrates,stheysare..s-
sCORRECTsANSWER✔Bioequivalent
Whensgivensansintravenoussmedication,sthespatientssaysstosthesnurse,s"Isusu
allystakespills.sWhysdoessthissmedicationshavestosbesgivensinsthesarm?"sWh
atsissthesnurse'ssbestsanswer?s-
sCORRECTsANSWER✔Thesactionswillsbeginssooner
Thesnursesissadministeringsparenteralsdrugs.sWhichsstatementsisstruesregar
dingsparenteralsdrugs?s-
sCORRECTsANSWER✔Parenteral sdrugssbypasssthesfirstspassseffect
Whensmonitoringsthespatientsreceivingsansintravenoussinfusionstosreducesb
loodspressure,sthesnursesnotessthatsthespatient'ssbloodspressuresissextremelys
low,sandsthespatientsisslethargicsandsdifficultstosawaken.sThisswouldsbesclas
sifiedsasswhichstypesofsadversesdrugsreaction?s-sCORRECTsANSWER✔?
Whensadministeringsdrugs,sthesnursesrememberssthatsthesdurationsofsaction
sofsasdrugsissdefinedsassthestime s-
, CORRECTsANSWER✔Forsasdrug'ssconcentrationstosbessufficientstoscau
s
sesastherapeuticsresponse
Whensadministeringsasnewsmedicationstosaspatient,sthesnursesreadssthatsitsis
shighlysproteinsbound.sAssumingsthatsthespatient's salbumin slevelssaresnorm
al,sthesnurseswouldsexpectswhichsresult,sasscomparedstosasmedicationsthatsis
snotshighlysproteinsbound?s-
sCORRECTsANSWER✔Thesdurationsofsactionsofsthesmedicationswillsbes
longer
Thespatientsissexperiencingschestspainsandsneedsstostakesassublingualsforms
ofsnitroglycerin.sWheresdoessthesnursesinstructsthespatientstosplacesthestable
t?s-sCORRECTsANSWER✔Understhestongue
Thesnursesissadministeringsmedicationsstosthespatientswhosissinsliversfailure
sresulting sfromsend-
stagescirrhosis.sThesnursesissawaresthatspatientsswithsliversfailureswouldsmo
stslikelyshavesproblemsswithswhichspharmacokineticsphase?s-
sCORRECTsANSWER✔metabolim
Aspatientswhoshassadvancedscancersissreceivingsopioidsmedicationssaround
sthesclockstoskeepshimscomfortable sasshesnearssthesendsofshisslife.sWhichster
msbestsdescribessthisstypesofstherapy?s-sCORRECTsANSWER✔palliative
Whatsissitscalledswhensyousgetsansoppositeseffectsthatsyouswanted?s-
sCORRECTsANSWER✔idiosyncratic