Sterile sealed glass containers that hold a single liquid dose ...

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Sterile sealed glass containers that hold a single liquid dose are called:
 
  a. syringes. c. tubes.
  b. ampules. d. vials.

Question 2

The client is an elderly woman with mild liver damage due to hepatitis. The nurse is aware that the client may need reduced dosages of medications because:
 
  a. her kidneys cannot eliminate medications at the usual rate.
  b. the drugs may accumulate in the client's body and produce toxicity.
  c. the rate of absorption will increase, allowing more drug to enter the bloodstream.
  d. liver damage will cause drugs to bind to plasma proteins.

[Jane]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Feedback
A Incorrect: Usually these are plastic for the administration of medications.
B Correct: This is the definition of ampules.
C Incorrect: Tubes may or may not be sterile and/or sealed.
D Incorrect: These are small sterile glass medication containers that hold either single or multiple doses accessed through a rubber diaphragm.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B

Feedback
A Incorrect: Liver damage does not affect the kidneys's ability to excrete the drug.
B Correct: This is a cumulative effect of both the drug and active metabolites.
C Incorrect: Hepatic insufficiency will not increase drug absorption.
D Incorrect: Drugs binding to plasma proteins is a part of drug distribution not biotransformation.

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[Jane]

Great! Please up vote