When administering medications, a nurse must know a client's ...

[joe]

When administering medications, a nurse must know a client's medical history and pharmacokinetics of prescribed medications because MOST drugs are metabolized in the:
 
  a. colon c. liver
  b. kidneys d. lungs

Question 2

Which statement BEST explains how a framework can be helpful for collecting assessment data?
 
  a. The framework lists every question to ask the client so that the nurse will not forget.
  b. The framework allows the nurse to organize the data and helps determine the priority focus.
  c. Each nurse creates his or her own framework so that all of the assessments are the same.
  d. The framework will provide the nurse with the appropriate interventions to implement.

[Qarqy]

Answer to Question 1

C
Excretion, the elimination of drugs from the body, occurs primarily through hepatic metabolism and renal excretion but may also occur through the lungs, exocrine glands, skin, and intestinal tract.

Answer to Question 2

B
Regardless of the assessment framework used, the nurse must begin to analyze data obtained to recognize patterns of client response or behavior, to separate relevant from irrelevant data, to determine whether there are gaps in data, and to identify any patterns of cause and effect. Assessment data are then recorded and reported.

[joe]

Excellent

[scottmt]

TYSM