A nurse is learning how to draw peak and trough levels of a medication. In order to draw them correctly, the nurse should know what the trough level is. The trough level is the __________ of a drug
a. minimum effective concentration
b. highest plasma concentration
c. lowest plasma concentration
d. rate of absorption
ANS: C
The trough drug level is the lowest plasma concentration of a drug, and it measures the rate at which the drug is eliminated.
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