NSG 6005 Midterm Exam

NSG 6005 Midterm Exam 1) A patient’s nutritional intake and lab work reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to prescribing because: Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be affected. 2) Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect: Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little if any desired action. 3) The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be: The lungs 4) The point in time on the drug concentration curve that indicates the first sign of a therapeutic effect is the: Onset of action 5) Factors that affect gastric drug absorption include: Lipid solubility of the drug 6) Which one of the following statements about bioavailability is true? Bioavailability issues are especially important for drugs with narrow therapeutic ranges or sustained release mechanisms. 7) Steady state is: When the amount of drug in the body remains constant. 8) The time required for the amount of drug in the body to decrease by 50% is called: Half- life 9) An advantage of prescribing a sublingual medication is that the medication is: Absorbed rapidly