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A nurse is discussing with a patient the efficacy of a drug that his physician has suggested, and he begin taking. Efficacy of a drug means which of the following?
 
  A) The amount of the drug that must be given to produce a particular response
  B) How well a drug produces its desired effect
  C) A drug's strength of attraction for a receptor site
  D) A drug's ability to stimulate its receptor

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a patient who is on morphine therapy. An expected outcome of the morphine therapy would be that the patient has
 
  A) adequate pain control with minimal adverse effects.
  B) complete pain relief with minimal adverse effects.
  C) complete pain relief with adverse effects that can be treated.
  D) adequate pain relief with no addiction to the drug.


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canderson530

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

B

Answer to Question 2

A


dollx

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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