The nursing instructor is teaching pharmacology to student nurses. What will the nursing instructor include as the four major components of pharmacokinetics? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. How drugs move from the site of administration to circulating fluids
2. How drugs are converted to a form that is easily removed from the body
3. How drugs change body illnesses and pathogens
4. How drugs are transported throughout the body
5. How drugs are removed from the body
1,2,4,5
Rationale 1: Absorption describes how drugs move from the site of administration to circulating fluids.
Rationale 2: Metabolism describes how drugs are converted to a form that is easily removed from the body.
Rationale 3: Pharmacodynamics describes how drugs change body illnesses and pathogens.
Rationale 4: Distribution describes how drugs are transported throughout the body.
Rationale 5: Excretion describes how drugs are removed from the body.
Global Rationale: Absorption describes how drugs move from the site of administration to circulating fluids. Distribution describes how drugs are transported throughout the body. Metabolism describes how drugs are converted to a form that is easily removed from the body. Excretion describes how drugs are removed from the body. Pharmacodynamics describes how drugs change body illnesses and pathogens.
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