The nurse notes that a client who is in renal failure is taking a drug that is excreted by the kidneys. The nurse is concerned about administering this drug because:
1. the drug might not work on the client.
2. the drug could accumulate to toxic levels in the blood.
3. the drug will be excreted in the stool.
4. the drug will be excreted by the liver.
Answer: 2
1. The drug of a client in renal failure should work, but due to renal failure, cannot be excreted, and toxic levels will accumulate in the blood.
2. The drug of a client in renal failure should work, but due to renal failure, cannot be excreted, and toxic levels will accumulate in the blood.
3. If the excretion route is faulty, the drug will not be excreted by another route, but will accumulate in the blood.
4. The liver processes all substances taken in to the body; it does not excrete them.
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