The Client Is Admitted to the Hospital in Chronic Renal

question 2

Multiple Choice

The client is admitted to the hospital in chronic renal failure, and is on several medications. What best describes the nurse's assessment of this client?

• A) The client's liver may compensate for renal failure; the drugs may be effective.
• B) The client may have drug toxicity from all the drugs.
• C) The client may have drug toxicity only if the drugs are excreted by the kidneys.
• D) The client may have decreased effectiveness of the drugs.

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