A Student Nurse Asks Her Instructor Why Is It So

question 46

Multiple Choice

A student nurse asks her instructor why is it so important that we learn pharmacokinetics, isn't it enough to just learn the actions and side effects of the drugs we give? What is the instructors best response?

• A) "Pharmacokinetics gives us important information about how different routes affect absorption."
• B) "Pharmacokinetics offers us with information on how the bodies response to drugs are affected by different disease processes
• C) "Pharmacokinetics provides nurses with specific information on what may impact how long a drug stays in the system."
• D) "Pharmacokinetics provides us with information on adverse effects and how these can be prevented."
• E) "Pharmacokinetics provides the nurse with information on how plasma membranes change in order to move different forms of drugs throughout the body." Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.

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Definitions:

Sensory Adaptation

The process by which sensory receptors become less sensitive to constant stimuli over time, helping organisms to focus on changes in their environment.

Saccades

Rapid, abrupt movements of the eyes that change the point of fixation.

Transduction

The process of converting one form of energy into another, as in sensory processing or in the genetic alteration of bacteria by viruses.

Lens Accommodation

The process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina for clear vision.