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ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2026
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
D. Four - Correct Answer :A. One
(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
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dosages? (Select all that apply.)
A. Increased renal secretion
B. Increased medication-metabolizing enzymes
C. Liver failure
D. Peripheral vascular disease
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway metabolizes - Correct Answer :C.
Liver failure
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway metabolizes
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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
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 client's conjunctival sac.
E. Instruct the client to close her eye gently after instillation - Correct Answer :B.
Ask the
client to look up at the ceiling.
D. Drop the medication into the center of the client's conjunctival sac.
E. Instruct the client to close her eye gently after instillation
(B. The client should look upward to keep the drops from falling onto her cornea.
D. The nurse should drop the medication into the
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center of the conjunctival sac to promote distribution.
E. The client should close her eye gently to promote distribution of the medication)
ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2026
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
D. Four - Correct Answer :A. One
(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
, 2
dosages? (Select all that apply.)
A. Increased renal secretion
B. Increased medication-metabolizing enzymes
C. Liver failure
D. Peripheral vascular disease
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway metabolizes - Correct Answer :C.
Liver failure
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway metabolizes
, 3
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
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 client's conjunctival sac.
E. Instruct the client to close her eye gently after instillation - Correct Answer :B.
Ask the
client to look up at the ceiling.
D. Drop the medication into the center of the client's conjunctival sac.
E. Instruct the client to close her eye gently after instillation
(B. The client should look upward to keep the drops from falling onto her cornea.
D. The nurse should drop the medication into the
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center of the conjunctival sac to promote distribution.
E. The client should close her eye gently to promote distribution of the medication)
