NUR 139 Unit 1 Test Bank with Complete Solutions

NUR 139 Unit 1 Test Bank with Complete Solutions A provider prescribes phenobarbital for a client who has a seizure disorder. The medication has a long half-life of 4 days. How many times per day should the nurse expect to administer this medication? A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four ANSWER A. One In Pharmacokinetics, excretion is best defined as: A. How it gets from where you gave it to the bloodstream B. How its transported from blood to the site it needs to be at. Some conditions make that more difficult C. How it is broken down after use by the body to inactive chemicals D. How we get it out of the body. ANSWER D. How we get it out of the body. A nurse educator is reviewing medication metabolism at an in-service presentation. Which of the following factors should the educator include as a reason to administer lower medication dosages? (Select all that apply.)