The nurse is administering a patient's medication by mouth. The nurse knows that for this medication to be utilized by body diffusion, filtration and osmosis must take place. Which me-chanism is the first to be involved in that process?
1. Excretion
2. Metabolism
3. Distribution
4. Absorption
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Absorption involves the way a drug enters the body and passes into the body and tissues. Ab-sorption takes place through processes of diffusion, filtration, and osmosis.
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1. "The rapid assessment should last approximately 10 minutes." 2. "I should perform a rapid assessment for all of my assigned clients at the beginning of the shift to help me prioritize care." 3. "The rapid assessment will help me establish baseline data about the client." 4. "After I perform the rapid assessments on the clients I've been assigned, I can go back and get more information during my routine assessments."
The nurse is caring for a client who had a recent laryngectomy. Which of the following is reflected in the nursing plan of care?
A) Develop an alternate method of communication. B) Encourage oral nutrition on the second postoperative day. C) Maintain the client in a low-Fowler's position. D) Assess the tracheostomy cuff for leaks.
You are the nurse caring for an unconscious trauma victim who needs emergency surgery. The patient is a 55-year-old male patient with two adult children
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Based on the knowledge of the cranial nerves, the nurse would be correct in documenting this form of dizziness as a dysfunction of which of the following cranial nerves? A) Trigeminal B) Acoustic C) Hypoglossal D) Trochlear