A nurse administers a highly protein-bound medication. Which patient would have the most immediate and powerful effect from this drug?

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The older malnourished patient would have fewer serum proteins to bind the drug; therefore, higher amounts of free drug would be available to act immediately. The patients described in the distracters would have normal protein levels, so the drug would be bound.

A Nurse Administers a Highly Protein-Bound Medication