URI NUR 243 Exam 1 Questions and 100% Correct Answers
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NUR 243
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NUR 243
Older adult drug absorption changes rate slowed % absorbed stays the same
Older adult drug distribution change decreased albumin and binding = more free drugs = high chance toxicity
Older adult drug metabolism changes rate slowed Decreased hepatic BF / liver mass = higher response to oral drugs
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URI NUR 243 Exam 1 Questions and
100% Correct Answers
Older adult drug absorption changes ✅rate slowed
% absorbed stays the same
Older adult drug distribution change ✅decreased albumin and binding = more free
drugs = high chance toxicity
Older adult drug metabolism changes ✅rate slowed
Decreased hepatic BF / liver mass = higher response to oral drugs
Older adult drug excretion changes ✅decreased renal BF = high drug accumulation,
high adverse effects
Older adult pharmacodynamic changes ✅receptor alteration = more intense effects
Beta blockers less effective
Beers List ✅potentially inappropriate medications in the elderly
End of life care ✅disease prevention becomes comfort
Inappropriate drugs may become appropriate and vice versa
Pharmacokinetics ✅the study of drug movement throughout the body
Absorption ✅drug movement from the site of injection into the blood
Increased lipid solubility leads to ____ absorption ✅increased
IV absorption ✅immediate
IM / subcutaneous absorption ✅rapid if H2O soluble
Poor if not
Oral absorption ✅slow, variable
Enteral ✅within GI tract - oral
Parenteral ✅outside GI tract - IV, IM, subcutaneous
Distribution ✅drug travels from blood into tissue and cells
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