A Nurse Is Learning How to Draw Peak and Trough

question 7

Multiple Choice

A nurse is learning how to draw peak and trough levels of a medication. In order to draw them correctly, the nurse should know what the trough level is. The trough level is the __________ of a drug.

• A) minimum effective concentration
• B) highest plasma concentration
• C) lowest plasma concentration
• D) rate of absorption

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