NURS 3100 Exam 1 Practice

A nurse is reviewing the excretion of medications with a nursing student. Which route(s) can medications be excreted by?

1. Fecal

2. Gastric

3. Glandular

4. Renal

The correct answer is: Fecal

Medications can be excreted through various routes in the body. One of these routes is fecal excretion, which involves the elimination of drugs through the feces. The fecal route of excretion can occur when medications are incompletely absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract or when they are excreted into the bile and eliminated in the feces. In contrast, the other options listed do not represent routes of medication excretion. Gastric excretion primarily pertains to the process of emptying contents from the stomach into the intestines. Glandular excretion usually refers to the excretion of hormones by specific glands in the body. Renal excretion, on the other hand, involves the elimination of drugs from the body through the urine by the kidneys.