ATI Pharmacology Proctored / Actual Exam
Questions with Correct Answers & Rationales /
2025
Terms in this set (242)
A provider prescribes A. One
phenobarbital for a client
who has a seizure disorder. (Medications with long half-lives remain at their therapeutic
The medication has a long levels between doses for long periods of time. The nurse should
expect to administer this medication once a day.)
half-life of 4 days. How many
times per day should the
nurse expect to administer
this medication?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
,A staff educator is reviewing C. Liver failure
medication dosages and E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway metabolizes
factors that influence
medication metabolism with C. Liver failure decreases metabolism and thus increases the
a group of nurses at an in- concentration of a medication. This requires decreasing the
service presentation. Which dosage.
of the following factors
should the educator include E. When the same pathway metabolizes two medications,
as a reason to administer they compete for metabolism, thereby increasing the
concentration of one or both medications. This requires
lower medication dosages? decreasing the dosage of one or both
(Select all that apply.)
A. Increased
renalsecretion
B. Increased medication-
metabolizing enzymes
C. Liver failure
D. Peripheral
vasculardisease
E. Concurrent use
ofmedication the same
pathway metabolizes
,A nurse is preparing to B. Ask the client to look up at the ceiling.
administer eye drops to a D. Drop the medication into the center of the client'sconjunctival
client. Which of the following sac.
actions should the nurse E. Instruct the client to close her eye gently afterinstillation
take? (Select all that apply.)
(B. The client should look upward to keep the drops from
A. Have the client lie falling onto her cornea.
onher side. D. The nurse should drop the medication into the center of
B. Ask the client to look the conjunctival sac to promote distribution. E. The client
should close her eye gently to promote distribution of the
upat the ceiling. medication)
C. Tell the client to
blinkwhen the drops enter
her eye.
D. Drop the
medicationinto the center of
the client's conjunctival sac.
E. Instruct the client to close
her eye gently after
instillation
, A nurse is completing C. "I will apply the patch to an area of skin with no hair."
discharge teaching for a
client who has a new (The client should apply the patch to a hairless area of skin to
prescription for transdermal promote absorption of the medication.)
patches. Which of the
following statements should
the nurse identify as an
indication that the client
understands the
instructions?
A. "I will clean the site with
an alcohol swab before I
apply the patch." B. "I will
rotate the application sites
weekly." C. "I will apply the
patch to an area of skin with
no hair."
D. "I will place the new patch
on the site of the old patch.
Questions with Correct Answers & Rationales /
2025
Terms in this set (242)
A provider prescribes A. One
phenobarbital for a client
who has a seizure disorder. (Medications with long half-lives remain at their therapeutic
The medication has a long levels between doses for long periods of time. The nurse should
expect to administer this medication once a day.)
half-life of 4 days. How many
times per day should the
nurse expect to administer
this medication?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
,A staff educator is reviewing C. Liver failure
medication dosages and E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway metabolizes
factors that influence
medication metabolism with C. Liver failure decreases metabolism and thus increases the
a group of nurses at an in- concentration of a medication. This requires decreasing the
service presentation. Which dosage.
of the following factors
should the educator include E. When the same pathway metabolizes two medications,
as a reason to administer they compete for metabolism, thereby increasing the
concentration of one or both medications. This requires
lower medication dosages? decreasing the dosage of one or both
(Select all that apply.)
A. Increased
renalsecretion
B. Increased medication-
metabolizing enzymes
C. Liver failure
D. Peripheral
vasculardisease
E. Concurrent use
ofmedication the same
pathway metabolizes
,A nurse is preparing to B. Ask the client to look up at the ceiling.
administer eye drops to a D. Drop the medication into the center of the client'sconjunctival
client. Which of the following sac.
actions should the nurse E. Instruct the client to close her eye gently afterinstillation
take? (Select all that apply.)
(B. The client should look upward to keep the drops from
A. Have the client lie falling onto her cornea.
onher side. D. The nurse should drop the medication into the center of
B. Ask the client to look the conjunctival sac to promote distribution. E. The client
should close her eye gently to promote distribution of the
upat the ceiling. medication)
C. Tell the client to
blinkwhen the drops enter
her eye.
D. Drop the
medicationinto the center of
the client's conjunctival sac.
E. Instruct the client to close
her eye gently after
instillation
, A nurse is completing C. "I will apply the patch to an area of skin with no hair."
discharge teaching for a
client who has a new (The client should apply the patch to a hairless area of skin to
prescription for transdermal promote absorption of the medication.)
patches. Which of the
following statements should
the nurse identify as an
indication that the client
understands the
instructions?
A. "I will clean the site with
an alcohol swab before I
apply the patch." B. "I will
rotate the application sites
weekly." C. "I will apply the
patch to an area of skin with
no hair."
D. "I will place the new patch
on the site of the old patch.
