After teaching a group of nursing students about the half-life of ...

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After teaching a group of nursing students about the half-life of a drug, the instructor determines the need for additional teaching when the students identify which of the following as true? Select all that apply:
 
  A) Half-life can be decreased in clients with renal disease.
  B) Half-life can help determine dosing frequency.
  C) Half-life does not change throughout a client's life.
  D) Liver disease can increase half-life.
  E) Half-life is the measure of the rate at which drugs are removed from the body.

Question 2

A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a client who is prescribed an oral medication. As part of the plan, the nurse expects to describe the importance of absorption. The nurse would integrate knowledge of which of the following as a mechanism for
 
  absorption in the gastrointestinal tract? Select all that apply.
 
  A) Active transport
  B) Transposition
  C) Passive transport
  D) Endocytosis
  E) Pinocytosis

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: A, C
Feedback:
Half-life is the measure of the rate at which drugs are removed from the body, and any difficulty in excreting a drug increases half-life, including liver or kidney disease or advanced age.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A, C, E
Feedback:
During absorption, the drug particles in the GI tract are moved into the body fluids via active transport, passive transport, and pinocytosis.

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