ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED EXAM
A nurse is providing discharge dietary teaching to a client who has a something and is taking medication theophylline
... [Show More] and to provide general instructions the nurse should include?
Avoid caffeinated beverages
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has gout and a new prescription for allopurinol. The nurse should instruct the client to discontinue taking the medication for which of the following adverse effects?
1. Nausea
2. Metallic taste
3. Fever
4. Drowsiness
the nurse is mixing regular insulin and NPH into a syringe for a client who has diabetes
mellitus. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
Inject air into the NPH vial
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has ulcerative colitis and a newprescription for sulfasalazine. The nurse should instruct the client to monitorfor which of the following adverse effects of this medication?
1. Jaundice
2. Constipation
3. Oral candidiasis
4. Sedation
a nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription of Alendronate for osteoporosis. What instructions should the nurse include?
Sit upright for at least 30 mins after taking the medication
a nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following a thyroidectomy and is receiving morphine for pain. Which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as an adverse effect of morphine?
Bladder distention
A nurse is providing teaching to a newly licensed nurse about caring for a client who has a prescription for gemfibrozil. The nurse should instruct the newly licensed nurse to monitor which of the following laboratory tests?
1. Platelet count
2. Electrolyte levels
3. Thyroid function
4. Liver function
a nurse is providing teaching to a client who has rhematoid arthritis and a prescription for long term prednisone therapy. the nurse should instruct the client to monitor for which of the following adverse effects?
1. Stress fractures
2. Orthostatic hypotension
3. Gingival ulcerations
4. Weight loss
A nurse is teaching a client who has pernicious anemia to self-administer cyanocobalamin.
Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?
Administer the medication into one nostril once per week
a nurse is teaching a newly license nurse about medication reconciliation. The nurse should instruct the newly license nurse for medication reconciliation for which of the following clients?
A client who has been transferred to a step-down unit
Nurse is preparing to administer heparin 8,000 units subcutaneously every eight hrs. The amount available is heparin injection 10,000 units/mL. How many milliliters should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth)
8000/ 10000 = 0.8 mL
a nurse is assessing a client how received a dinoprostone gel to stimulate the cervical ripening. Which of the following is the nurses priority?
Uterine tachysystole
a nurse is performing a return demonstration of an enoxaparin administration. Which of the following client actions indicates an understanding of the teaching?
Administers the medication into the abdomen
a nurse is assessing a client how has been taking digoxin and …… which of the following findings to the nurse indicates this client has developed digoxin toxicity?
Blurred vision
a nurse is caring for a client who received neostigmine 1 hour ago and is experiencing muscarinic response. Which if the following manifestations should the nurse expect?
Excessive salivation
a nurse in the emergency department is reviewing a medication record for client who reports vomiting blood. The nurse should anticipate the provider will discontinue which of the following medications?
Clopidogrel
A nurse is administering subcutaneous epinephrine for a client who is experiencing anaphylaxis. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following adverse effects?
1. Hypotension
2. Hyperthermia
3. Hypoglycemia
4. Tachycardia
a nurse is assessing a who is receiving clindamycin. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an adverse effect of this medication?
Watery diarrhea
a nurse is teaching a client who is to start taking Cromolyn. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?
Cromolyn is a long-term management medication
a nurse is reviewing the medications of a client is experiencing orthostatic hypotension. The nurse should identify this finding as an adverse effect of which of the following medications?
Imipramine [Show Less]