NGN ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED
RETAKE EXAM 2019| 70 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS (UPDATED)/ A+ GRADE
ASSURED
1. A nurse is providing discharge
... [Show More] dietary teaching to a client who has a something and is taking
medication theophylline and to provide general instructions the nurse should include?
A. Avoid caffeinated beverages
B. Take the medication with meals
C. Restrict milk products
D. Limit sodium intake ✔✔A
2. 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?
A. Withdrawal NPH from the vial
B. Inject air into the NPH vial
C. Inject air into the regular vial
D. Withdrawal regular insulin from the vial ✔✔B
3. a nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription of Alendronate for osteoporosis. What
instructions should the nurse include?
A. Take the medication immediately after breakfast
B. Take the medication with an antacid
C. Sit upright for at least 30 mins after taking the medication
D. Drink orange juice with the medication ✔✔C
4. 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?
A. Bladder distention
B. Productive cough
C. Gastrointestinal bleeding
D. Decrease deep tending reflexes ✔✔A
5. 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?
A. Use nasal decongestion 15 mins before the medication if you have a stuffy nose
B. Lie down for 1 hour after administering the medication
C. Administer the medication into one nostril once per week
D. Plan to self-administer this medication for the next 6 months ✔✔C
6. 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 is transported to radiology
B. A client who has a consultation for ....
C. A client who has a referral for social services
D. A client who has been transferred to a step-down unit ✔✔D
7. a nurse is assessing a client how received a dinoprostone gel to stimulate the cervical ripening.
Which of the following is the nurses priority?
A. Back pain
B. Flushing
C. nausea
D. Uterine tachysystole ✔✔D
8. a nurse is performing a return demonstration of an enoxaparin administration. Which of the
following client actions indicates an understanding of the teaching?
A. Messages the site to enhance absorption
B. Injections the medication into a muscle
C. Administers the medication into the abdomen
D. Aspirates the medication after injection ✔✔C
9. 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?
A. Ringing in the ears
B. Hyperkalemia
C. Blurred vision
D. hypertension ✔✔C
10. 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?
A. Headache
B. Excessive salivation
C. Fever
D. Myoclonic seizure ✔✔B
11. 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?
A. NPH insulin
B. Clopidogrel
C. Furosemide
D. Pantoprazole ✔✔B
12. 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?
A. Agitation
B. Report of blurred vision
C. Hypertension
D. Watery diarrhea ✔✔D
13. a nurse is teaching a client who is to start taking Cromolyn. Which of the following information
should the nurse include in the teaching?
A. Cromolyn should take effect within 5 mins
B. Cromolyn should dilate the bronchioles
C. Cromolyn can be used after exercise
D. Cromolyn is a long-term management medication ✔✔D
14. 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?
A. Imipramine
B. Levothyroxine
C. Montelukast
D. Omeprazole ✔✔A
15. a nurse is reviewing a client's medical history before administering a new prescription of
atropine. Which of the following client conditions is contraindicated? ✔✔GLAUCOMA
16. a nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a new prescription for carbamazepine for the
treatment of seizures. The nurse should instruct the client to monitor for which of the following
adverse effects?
A. insomnia
B. Blurred vision
C. Tachypnea
D. Metallic taste ✔✔B
17. math problem: a nurse is preparing to administer 4000 units of heparin available is 10,000 units
= ✔✔0.4
18. a nursing is caring for a client who reports that his current pain medication is no longer
relieving her pain. Which of the following medications requires the nurse to obtain a written rather
than a verbal prescription from the provider? ✔✔FENTANYL
19. charge nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse provide care to a group of clients. Which of
the following action by the newly licensed nurse requires the charge nurse to complete an incident
report? ✔✔a client who has a lithium level of 1.8 receives her morning dose
20. a nurse is caring for a client who has a alcohol use disorder and is experiencing withdrawals.
Which of the following interventions is a priority at this time?
A. Encourage participation in a 12 step program
B. Implement seizure precautions ✔✔B
21. a nurse is planning care for a group of clients. which of the following client's medications
should be monitored by the nurse for hearing loss related to a medication interaction?
✔✔FUROSEMIDE AND AMIKACIN
22. a nurse is caring for a client who has major depression and a new prescription for citalopram.
which of the following adverse effects is the priority for the nurse t [Show Less]