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lunatika · **on:** Jul 24, 2018

The nurse educator is describing the process by which drugs are transported after they have been absorbed or administered directly into the bloodstream. Which response by the student indicates understanding of the process?

1. This process is metabolism.
2. This process is administration.
3. This process is excretion.
4. This process is distribution.

Question 2

A nurse educator is teaching pharmacokinetics to the pharmacology class. What statement, made by a student, would show the class understands this term?

1. Pharmacokinetics is what the body does to a drug.
2. Pharmacokinetics is how drugs activate specific receptors.
3. Pharmacokinetics is what a drug does to the body.
4. Pharmacokinetics is the efficacy of a drug.

Fayaz00962 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 24, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4

Rationale 1: Metabolism is the total of all chemical reactions in the body.
Rationale 2: Administration is giving medication to the client.
Rationale 3: Excretion is the process to remove medication from the body.
Rationale 4: Distribution is the process by which drugs are transported after they have been absorbed or administered directly into the bloodstream.

Global Rationale: Distribution is the process by which drugs are transported after they have been absorbed or administered directly into the bloodstream. Metabolism is the total of all chemical reactions in the body. Administration is giving medication to the client. Excretion is the process to remove medication from the body.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1

Rationale 1: Pharmacokinetics describes how the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes drugs.
Rationale 2: Pharmacokinetics is how drugs activate specific receptors is incorrect because drugreceptor interactions describe, in part, what effects a drug has on the body, and thus are considered part of pharmacodynamics.
Rationale 3: Pharmacokinetics is what a drug does to the body is incorrect because pharmacodynamics is the term that describes what effects a drug has on the body.
Rationale 4: Pharmacokinetics is the efficacy of a drug is incorrect because efficacy is a pharmacodynamic concept.

Global Rationale: Pharmacokinetics describes how the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes drugs. Pharmacokinetics is how drugs activate specific receptors is incorrect because drugreceptor interactions describe, in part, what effects a drug has on the body, and thus are considered part of pharmacodynamics. Pharmacokinetics is what a drug does to the body is incorrect because pharmacodynamics is the term that describes what effects a drug has on the body. Pharmacokinetics is the efficacy of a drug is incorrect because efficacy is a pharmacodynamic concept.