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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?
One
Two
Three
Four - REPLY-A. One
(Medications with long half-lives remain at their therapeutic levels
between doses for long periods of time. The nurse should expect to
administer this medication once a day.)
A staff educator is reviewing medication dosages and factors that
influence medication metabolism with a group of nurses 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.)
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Increased renal secretion
Increased medication-metabolizing enzymes
Liver failure
Peripheral vascular disease
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Concurrent use of medication the same pathway metabolizes
- REPLY-C. Liver failure
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway metabolizes
C. Liver failure decreases metabolism and thus increases the
concentration of a medication. This requires decreasing the dosage.
E. When the same pathway metabolizes two medications, they
compete for metabolism, thereby increasing the concentration of one
or both
medications. This requires decreasing the dosage of one or both
A nurse is preparing to administer eye drops to a client. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.)
Have the client lie on her side.
Ask the client to look up at the ceiling.
Tell the client to blink when the drops enter her eye.
Drop the medication into the center of the client's conjunctival sac.
Instruct the client to close her eye gently after instillation - REPLY-
B. Ask the client to look up at the ceiling.
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D. Drop the medication into the center of the client's conjunctival sac.
E. Instruct the client to close her eye gently after instillation