When administering drugs, the nurse remembers that the duration of action of a drug is defined as which of these?
a. The time it takes for a drug to elicit a therapeutic response
b. The amount of time needed to remove a drug from circulation
c. The time it takes for a drug to achieve its maximum therapeutic response
d. The time period at which a drug's con-centration is sufficient to cause a thera-peutic response
ANS: D
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Which of the following signs and symptoms occur with a sensorineural hearing loss? (Select all that apply.)
a. Air conduction shorter than bone conduc-tion b. Lateralization to the affected ear c. Loss of high-frequency sounds d. Speaks more loudly e. Disorder of the inner ear f. Air conduction longer than bone conduc-tion
An important function of vitamin A is to
1. promote visual pigment of the eye. 2. act as an antioxidant. 3. help with the clotting of blood. 4. help with bile excretion.
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