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The nurse is caring for an 84-year-old patient in the acute care facility who was newly diagnosed with a seizure disorder.
 
  Before starting the patient on an antiepileptic medication that will be continued after discharge, what laboratory studies would the nurse want to assess? (Select all that apply.) A) Serum drug levels
  B) Liver function studies
  C) Renal function studies
  D) Cardiovascular function studies
  E) Central nervous system function studies

Question 2

While discussing gas exchange, the instructor would tell the students that oxygen and carbon dioxide enter and leave the body by what method?
 
  A) Osmosis
  B) Diffusion
  C) Passive transport
  D) Active transport



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Answer to Question 1

B, C
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Baseline kidney and liver function tests should be done and results will guide dosing of the antiepileptic medication because patients with liver or kidney disease will require lower dosages of medication. Serum drug levels will not be drawn until after specific medications are started. Cardiovascular and central nervous system function studies are not indicated.

Answer to Question 2

B
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The alveolar sac holds the gas, allowing needed oxygen to diffuse across the respiratory membrane into the the capillary, whereas carbon dioxide, which is more abundant in the capillary blood, diffuses across the membrane and enters the alveolar sac to be expired.




Bob-Dole

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Excellent


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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