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TESTBANK FOR ATI PROCTORED EXAM AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED
(NGN)ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED EXAM,
PHARMACOLOGY ATI PROCTORED FINAL EXAM
2024/ACTUAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS AND
RATIONALES /ALREDY GRADED A+
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
A. One
RATIONALE :( 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.)
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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
C. Liver failure
D. Peripheral vascular disease
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway
metabolizes
C. Liver failure
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway
metabolizes
RATIONALE :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,
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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
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
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RATIONALE : (B. The client should look upward to
keep the drops from falling onto her cornea.
D. The nurse should drop the
medication into the center of
the conjunctival sac to
promote distribution.
E. The client should close her eye gently to promote
distribution of the medication)
A nurse is completing discharge teaching for a client
who has a new prescription for transdermal
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.
C. "I will apply the patch to an area of skin with no
TESTBANK FOR ATI PROCTORED EXAM AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED
(NGN)ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED EXAM,
PHARMACOLOGY ATI PROCTORED FINAL EXAM
2024/ACTUAL EXAM WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS AND
RATIONALES /ALREDY GRADED A+
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
A. One
RATIONALE :( 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.)
,https://www.stuvia.com/user/lectkeshi
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
C. Liver failure
D. Peripheral vascular disease
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway
metabolizes
C. Liver failure
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway
metabolizes
RATIONALE :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,
,https://www.stuvia.com/user/lectkeshi
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
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
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RATIONALE : (B. The client should look upward to
keep the drops from falling onto her cornea.
D. The nurse should drop the
medication into the center of
the conjunctival sac to
promote distribution.
E. The client should close her eye gently to promote
distribution of the medication)
A nurse is completing discharge teaching for a client
who has a new prescription for transdermal
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.
C. "I will apply the patch to an area of skin with no
