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Destiiny22

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Which nursing action is the number one priority for ensuring that medication stays in the target therapeutic range?
 
  a. Drawing the peak and trough levels at the same time each day
  b. Administering a double dose after a dose was missed
  c. Delivering the same amount of the drug at the same time each day
  d. Increasing absorption by holding all other medications 1 hour before administration

Question 2

A nurse is standing beside the patient's bed. Nurse: How are you doing? Patient: I don't feel good. In this situation, which element is the feedback?
 
  a. Nurse
  b. Patient
  c. How are you doing?
  d. I don't feel good.



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The quantity and distribution of a medication in different body compartments change constantly. Drawing peak and trough levels allows health care providers to see whether the current medication dosage is effective for the patient, or if it needs to be adjusted. Administering a double dose is dangerous and could cause the medication to cross the toxic threshold. Delivering the same amount each day may not be therapeutic or may be toxic for the patient. Holding all other medications should not affect the peak or half-life of the medications, assuming that they are compatible.

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I don't feel good is the feedback because the feedback is the message the receiver returns. The sender is the person who encodes and delivers the message, and the receiver is the person who receives and decodes the message. The nurse is the sender. The patient is the receiver. How are you doing? is the message.




Destiiny22

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Wow, this really help


isabelt_18

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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