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Information available for a medication a nurse is preparing to administer states that the drug is highly lipid soluble. What would be the nurse's expectation regarding how easily this drug would pass through a cell membrane?
 
  1. The drug would pass through slowly.
  2. The drug would pass through rapidly.
  3. The drug would pass through at an unpredictable rate.
  4. The drug would pass through at a variable rate.

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On Monday a patient begins taking a daily dose of a drug with a half-life of 1 day. If the patient takes the same dose every day, on what day will the plasma drug levels reach a plateau?
 
  1. Wednesday
  2. Thursday
  3. Friday
  4. Saturday


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Ksh22

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 3


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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Gracias!

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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