A nurse must check for which two specific types of patient responses to drug therapy?
a. Action coding and action transferred
b. Drug feedback and drug uptake
c. Therapeutic effects and adverse effects
d. Uptime levels and downtime levels
ANS: C
The nurse checks for two types of responses to drug therapy: therapeutic effects and adverse effects.
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