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Title: When a patient requires an ever-increasing dose of a medication to achieve the same therapeutic ...
Post by: ok117 on Jan 20, 2018
When a patient requires an ever-increasing dose of a medication to achieve the same therapeutic effect, the nurse must assess the patient for:
 
  a. withdrawal.
  b. patency.
  c. side effects.
  d. tolerance.


Title: When a patient requires an ever-increasing dose of a medication to achieve the same therapeutic ...
Post by: cb26 on Jan 20, 2018
D
Some patients become less responsive to the same dose of a particular drug over time, which is called tolerance, requiring that higher doses of the drug be given over time to obtain the same therapeutic effect.