ATI PHARMACOLOGY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.The nurse is administering the drug losartan (Cozaar) to a client with impaired liver function. Recognizing this medication is a prodrug, the nurse monitors what effect? Redu
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ATI PHARMACOLOGY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.The nurse is administering the drug losartan (Cozaar) to a client with impaired liver function. Recognizing this medication is a prodrug, the nurse monitors what effect? Reduction in the desired effect
2.What pharmacokinetic property makes it difficult to treat a patient's brain tumor?
blood-brain barrier
3.A client with renal failure is at particular risk for what condition? rapid development of drug toxicity
4.The nurse is preparing to discharge a patient who has received one last dose of a medication that has a half-life of 7 days. What should the nurse tell the client? That they might continue to experience the effects of the drug for several days
5.A client is started on a thyroid hormone and has blood drawn to measure the plasma concentration of the drug. The nurse explains that this will identify if: the drug is in the therapeutic range
6.In situations in which it is critical to raise a client's drug plasma level quickly, what should the nurse be prepared to administer? loading dose
7.When administering oral medications to a client, the nurse recognizes that some drugs might be completely metabolized by the liver circulation before entering general circulation. This effect is known as: first-pass effect
8.If the nurse administers medications to a client with renal failure, it is imperative that the client be assessed for what development? drug toxicity
9.It is important that the nurse recognize that the standard or average dose predicts a satisfactory therapeutic response in _50 % of the population.
10.The preferred site for injections in an infant is the : vastus lateralis
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