A nursing instructor is teaching pharmacology to student nurses. What will the nursing instructor include as the four major components of pharmacokinetics? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. 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), metabolism (how drugs are converted to a form that is easily removed from the body), distribution (how drugs are transported throughout the body), and excretion (how drugs are removed from the body). Choice C, how drugs change body illnesses and pathogens, refers to pharmacodynamics, not pharmacokinetics.

A Nursing Instructor Is Teaching Pharmacology to Student Nurses