The nursing instructor is teaching pharmacology to student nurses. What will the nursing instructor include as the four major components of pharmacokinetics? Select all that apply.

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The four major components of pharmacokinetics include absorption (how drugs move from the site of administration to circulating fluids), distribution (how drugs are transported throughout the body), metabolism (how drugs are converted to a form that is easily removed from the body), and elimination (how drugs are removed from the body). Option B is not a component of pharmacokinetics, but rather refers to pharmacodynamics (how drugs change body illnesses and pathogens).

The Nursing Instructor Is Teaching Pharmacology to Student Nurses