The Nursing Instructor Prepares to Teach Student Nurses About How

question 15

Multiple Choice

The nursing instructor prepares to teach student nurses about how mean effective doses of medications are related to clinical practice. As a result of the instruction, what is the best understanding of the student nurses?

• A) About 50% of patients will experience severe side effects from the drug.
• B) Some patients will respond differently depending on their ethnic background.
• C) About 50% of patients will not experience any effect from the drug.
• D) Some patients will require more or less than the average dose of the drug.

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Definitions:

Dissolution

The process by which a solute forms a solution in a solvent, often thought of as the process of dissolving.

Ionic Solids

Crystalline materials that consist of ions bound together by their electrostatic forces, characterized by high melting points and electrical conductivity when molten.

Ionic Electrostatic Attractions

The force of attraction between positively and negatively charged ions in an ionic compound.

Hydrogen Bonding

A weak chemical bond between an electronegative atom, like oxygen or nitrogen, and a hydrogen atom bound to another electronegative atom.