Pharm E1

The patients bioavailability of a drug is altered. The nurse interprets this to mean that?

The drugs metabolism is affected

The nurse reads that the half life of the medication being administered is 12 hours. What interpretation will guide the nurse’s care of this patient

The medication will be 50% eliminated in 12 hour, so the dosing will be spread apart

The nurse is administering medications to a patient with chronic renal failure. What is the nurse’s priority action?

Asses the patient for toxicity to the medications.

Ingestion

Drug release and dissolution

Absorption

Movement of the drug into the bs after the administration

Distribution

Movement of the drug from the bs to the tissues

Metabolism

The body chemically changes its form into by products

Excretion

Elimination of the drug from the bs

Half life

The time it takes for the amount of frug in the body to be reduced by half

Steady State

The amount of drug being administered is the same as the amount of drug being eliminated

Loading dose

A higher dose of a drug given at the beginning of treatment so that therapeutic affects are reached sooner

The nurse is caring for an elderly patient. The nurse knows that this client is at greater risk for?

Polypharmacy

Which of the following is not included in the five plus five rights to drug administration

A)Dose

B)route

C)armband

D)drug

Armband