What factor influences drug absorption?

The patient is taking low-dose aspirin daily for his heart. The nurse knows only a portion of the medication taken actually reaches the tissue due to what process?

The patient who is diagnosed with cancer is receiving Morphine to relieve cancer pain. Approximately every 7 days, the medication is no longer effective in controlling the patient's pain and needs a larger dose to have the same effect. How will you explain to the patient what's happening?

A nurse is providing an oral medication for pain relief to a client. To attain the fastest pain relief,

the nurse administers the medication so that it is most rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal

(GI) tract. Which mode of delivery has the fastest absorption?

A client asks why she needs to take a medication on an empty stomach. The nurse explains that

food generally has which effect on drug dissolution and absorption?

A client asks why the oral dose of her pain medication is higher than the intravenous dose. The

nurse explains that with the oral dose, only 20% to 40% of the drug may actually enter systemic

circulation. This reduces the amount of active drug. What is the term for this effect?

When providing a medication, which route should the nurse select to ensure the maximum

amount of bioavailability?

Isoproterenol (Isuprel) is an example of a medication that enhances the beta receptors in the

body. What is the term for drugs that stimulate a response?

These are physiologic effects not related to the desired effect, which can be predicted or associated with the

use of the drug, may also occur.

Which of the following enteral administration routes have the largest first-pass effect?

What organ is responsible for the metabolism in the "first pass effect"?

Drugs fit receptors using the lock and key model. Covalent bonds are the ___, while ionic and hydrogen bonds are ____.

Pharmacokinetics is the effect of the ____; and Pharmacodynamics is the effect of the _____.

Which ofthe following is NOT an action of the body on a drug?

Which of the following can produce a therapeutic response? A drug that is:

Which of the following metabolically active tissues is the principal organ for drug metabolism?

Which of the following drugs will not require a receptor-drug interaction to elicit a therapeutic response? Select all that applies.

Given this situation, which has greater potency as an analgesic?

Paracetamol 500mg

Ibuprofen 200mg

Given this situation, which has more efficacy as an analgesic?

Paracetamol 500mg

Ibuprofen 200mg