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ATI RN PHARMACOLOGY RETAKE EXAM NEWEST
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||LATEST
VERSION!!
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 - 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.
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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 - Answer-Answer:
C. Liver failure decreases metabolism and thus increases
the concentration of a medication. This requires
decreasing the dosage.
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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.
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.
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E.Instruct the client to close her eye gently after instillation
- Answer-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."
ATI RN PHARMACOLOGY RETAKE EXAM NEWEST
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||LATEST
VERSION!!
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 - 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.
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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 - Answer-Answer:
C. Liver failure decreases metabolism and thus increases
the concentration of a medication. This requires
decreasing the dosage.
,3|Page
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.
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.
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E.Instruct the client to close her eye gently after instillation
- Answer-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."
