A Nurse Is Preparing to Administer a Medication and Learns

Multiple Choice

A nurse is preparing to administer a medication and learns that it is a nonselective agonist drug. What does the nurse understand about this drug?

A) It directly activates receptors to affect many physiologic processes.
B) It directly activates receptors to affect a specific physiologic process.
C) It prevents receptor activation to affect many physiologic processes.
D) It prevents receptor activation to affect a specific physiologic processes.