A Patient Asks a Nurse Why a Friend Who Is

question 6

Multiple Choice

A patient asks a nurse why a friend who is taking the same drug responds differently to that drug. The nurse knows that the most common variation in drug response is due to differences in each patient's:

• A) drug receptor sites.
• B) hypersensitivity potential.
• C) metabolism of drugs.
• D) psychosocial response.

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