Medication dosing attempts to regulate medication responses tomaintain plasma levels between the minimum effective concentration(MEC) and the toxic concentration. Nurses use the therapeutic levelof a medication to monitor patient’s responses to themedication.
1. Identify and define the 2 levels that nurse’s monitor whenmonitoring the therapeutic level of a drug before administering theother dose, (20 points)
2. When should the nurse measure the 2 levels in question number1? (10 points)
3. When the “Peak” level of a medication is reached what happensto that medication until the next dose is due. (10points)
4. Half-life refers to the time a medication in the body dropsto 50%. With that information complete the following chart
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Meaning of |
3 advantages (10pts) |
3 disadvantages (10pts) |
Example of a drug in this category (5pts) |
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1. Short-half life—(10pts) 2. long half life—(10pts) |
1. 2. 1. 2. |
1. 2. 1. 2. |
1. 1. |
5. A nursing student was educating her adult patient who refusesto take oral medication and wanted IV medication because she hatesthe taste of medication. Give 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages thestudent nurse identified for both route of medications.(10points)
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
