PHARMACOLOGY ATI PROCTORED EXAM
70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WELL ELABORATED
1. A nurse is providing discharge dietary teaching to a client who has a
... [Show More] something and is taking medication theophylline and to provide general instructions the nurse should include? Avoid caffeinated beverages
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? Inject air into the NPH vial
3. 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
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? Bladder distention
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? Administer the medication into one nostril once per week
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 has been transferred to a step-down unit
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? Uterine tachysystole
8. 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
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? Blurred vision
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? Excessive salivation
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? Clopidogrel
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? Watery diarrhea
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? Cromolyn is a long-term management medication
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?
Imipramine
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? Blurred vision
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 an alcohol use disorder and is experiencing withdrawals. Which of the following interventions is a priority at this time? Implement seizure precautions [Show Less]