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maegan_martin

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A patient has a blood serum drug level of 50 units/mL. The drug's half-life is 1 hour. If concentrations above 25 units/mL are toxic and no more of the drug is given, how long will it take for the blood level to reach the nontoxic range?
 
  A) 30 minutes
  B) 1 hour
  C) 2 hours
  D) 3 hours

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A nurse will be prepared to administer naloxone (Narcan) to a patient who has had an overdose of morphine. Repeated doses of Narcan will be necessary because Narcan
 
  A) has less strength in each dose than do individual doses of morphine.
  B) has a shorter half-life than morphine.
  C) combined with morphine, increases the physiologic action of the morphine.
  D) causes the respiratory rate to decrease.


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cpetit11

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

B

Answer to Question 2

B


maegan_martin

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Gracias!

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