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RN PHARMACOLOGY ATI NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM TEST BANK| COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| BRAND
NEW!!
A provider prescribes phenobarbital for a client who has a
seizure disorder. The medication has a long half-life of 4 days.
How many times per day should the nurse expect to administer
this medication?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
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D. Four
.....ANSWER..... A. Medications with long half-lives remain at their
therapeutic levels between doses for long periods of time. The
nurse should expect to administer this medication once a day.
A staff educator is reviewing medication dosages and factors
that influence medication metabolism with a group of nurses at
an in-service presentation. Which of the following factors should
the educator include as a reason to administer lower medication
dosages? (Select all that apply.)
A. Increased renal secretion
B. Increased medication-metabolizing enzymes
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C. Liver failure
D. Peripheral vascular disease
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway metabolizes
.....ANSWER..... Answer:
C. Liver failure decreases metabolism and thus increases the
concentration of a medication. This requires decreasing the
dosage.
E. When the same pathway metabolizes two medications, they
compete for metabolism, thereby increasing the concentration of
one or both medications. This requires decreasing the dosage of
one or both medications.
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A nurse is preparing to administer
eye drops to a client. Which of
the following actions should the
nurse take? (Select all that apply.)
A.have the client lie on her side.
B.Ask the client to look
up at the ceiling.
C.Tell the client to blink when the drops enter her eye.
D.Drop the medication
into the center of the
RN PHARMACOLOGY ATI NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM TEST BANK| COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| BRAND
NEW!!
A provider prescribes phenobarbital for a client who has a
seizure disorder. The medication has a long half-life of 4 days.
How many times per day should the nurse expect to administer
this medication?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
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D. Four
.....ANSWER..... A. Medications with long half-lives remain at their
therapeutic levels between doses for long periods of time. The
nurse should expect to administer this medication once a day.
A staff educator is reviewing medication dosages and factors
that influence medication metabolism with a group of nurses at
an in-service presentation. Which of the following factors should
the educator include as a reason to administer lower medication
dosages? (Select all that apply.)
A. Increased renal secretion
B. Increased medication-metabolizing enzymes
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C. Liver failure
D. Peripheral vascular disease
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway metabolizes
.....ANSWER..... Answer:
C. Liver failure decreases metabolism and thus increases the
concentration of a medication. This requires decreasing the
dosage.
E. When the same pathway metabolizes two medications, they
compete for metabolism, thereby increasing the concentration of
one or both medications. This requires decreasing the dosage of
one or both medications.
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A nurse is preparing to administer
eye drops to a client. Which of
the following actions should the
nurse take? (Select all that apply.)
A.have the client lie on her side.
B.Ask the client to look
up at the ceiling.
C.Tell the client to blink when the drops enter her eye.
D.Drop the medication
into the center of the
