The law requiring that official drugs must meet standards of purity and strength as determined by chemical analysis or by animal response to specified doses is known as
A) Durham-Humphrey Amendment
B) The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
C) The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
D) The Food and Drug Administration laws
Answer: C) The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
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A) The client has not consumed food and continues to take insulin or oral antidiabetic medications. B) The client has not consumed sufficient calories. C) The client has been exercising more than usual. D) The client has eaten and has not taken or received insulin.
The nurse observes that when the patient breathes, his chest moves upward and outward. This is described as what type of breathing?
a. costal c. dyspnea b. diaphragmatic d. cyanosis
A client is prescribed ropinirole HCl 2.25 mg by mouth in three divided doses daily. The pharmacy supplies ropinirole 0.5 mg tablets. The nurse should administer how many tablets per dose?
a. 2 tablets c. 1 1/2 tablets b. 1 tablet d. 4 1/2 tablets
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1. Assure that the drug will reach its intended target tissue 2. Are the reason for giving loading doses 3. Increase the length of time a drug is available and active 4. Are most common in collagen tissues