ATI CMS PHARMACOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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1. A nurse is preparing an in-service for an annual skills D. Rescue the clients.
fair at a community medical facility about fire safety. A. Pull the fire alarm.
Place the steps in the order in which they should be B. Confine the fire.
performed in the case of a fire emergency. (Move the C. Extinguish the fire.
steps into the box on the right, placing them in the
selected order of performance. Use all the steps.)
A. Pull the fire alarm.
B. Confine the fire.
C. Extinguish the fire.
D. Rescue the clients.
2. A nurse is caring for a client who is dying of metastatic B. Nonmaleficence
breast cancer. She has a prescription for an opioid pain
medication PRN. The nurse is concerned that admin-
istering a dose of pain medication might hasten the
client's death. Which of the following ethical principles
should the nurse use to support the decision not to
administer the medication?
A. Utilitarianism
B. Nonmaleficence
C. Fidelity
D. Veracity
3. A charge nurse is reviewing the list of tasks that have C. Removing and cleaning
been delegated to the assistive personnel (AP) by the the cannula of a client who
staff nurse. Which of the following tasks should the has a new tracheostomy
charge nurse reassign to a licensed nurse?
A. Transporting a client who experienced a stroke 72
hr ago to the radiology department
B. Providing a back rub to a client who has right-sided
paralysis
C. Removing and cleaning the cannula of a client who
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has a new tracheostomy
D. Performing oral hygiene for a client who is 1 day
postoperative following an amputation of the right
arm
4. A nurse working in an emergency department is car- B. Initiate seizure precau-
ing for a client who has been exposed to sarin gas tions.
following a bioterrorism attack. Which of the following
interventions should the nurse plan to take?
A. Vigorously rub the skin following a decontamina-
tion shower.
B. Initiate seizure precautions.
C. Provide respiratory support with a plastic oral air-
way.
D. Prepare to administer amyl nitrate.
5. .A nurse in the emergency department is triaging A. A client who has a punc-
clients following a mass casualty event. The nurse tured femoral artery
should identify which of the following clients as emer-
gent?
A. A client who has a punctured femoral artery
B. A client who has multiple fractures
C. A client who has a red rash over his abdomen
D. A client who reports severe flank pain radiating to
the groin
6. A nurse manager received a client request not to have B. Address the concern
a specific staff nurse care for her while at the acute with the specific staff
care facility. Which of the following is the appropriate nurse.
action by the nurse manager?
A. Ask other staff nurses about the level of care the
specific staff nurse provides.
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B. Address the concern with the specific staff nurse.
C. Recommend the specific staff nurse be transferred
to another unit.
D. Notify the human resources department about the
request.
7. A nurse finds that a client did not receive a scheduled A. The date of the incident
dose of furosemide (Lasix). Which of the following D. The time the client was
should the nurse include in the incident/variance re- to receive the medication
port? (Select all that apply.) E. The client's vital signs
A. The date of the incident
B. The name of the provider who prescribed the med-
ication
C. The potential adverse effects of the medication
D. The time the client was to receive the medication
E. The client's vital signs
8. A nurse is caring for a client who has a history of B. The client
dementia. The client is alert and oriented to person,
place, and time, and has advance directives. The client
is scheduled for a procedure that requires informed
consent. Which of the following persons should sign
the informed consent?
A. The client's partner
B. The client
C. The client's daughter, who is the primary caregiver
D. The client's son, who has a durable power of attor-
ney
9. A nurse manager is observing the care provided by D. The nurse opens the
a nurse who is in orientation to the unit. Which of top flap of a sterile tray to-
the following actions by the nurse indicates the nurse ward the body when as-
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manager should intervene? sisting the provider with a
A. The nurse uses clean gloves when discontinuing a thoracentesis.
client's intravenous infusion.
B. The nurse empties a client's drainable colostomy
pouch when it is one-third full.
C. The nurse uses the client's telephone number as
one form of identification when administering med-
ications to a client.
D. The nurse opens the top flap of a sterile tray toward
the body when assisting the provider with a thoracen-
tesis.
10. A nurse is caring for four clients who are postoper- D. A client whose blood
ative from surgery 24 hr ago. At 1200 the nurse as- pressure at 0800 was
sesses the clients. Which of the following clients is the 138/86 mm Hg and at
nurse's priority? 1200 is 106/60 mm Hg
A. A client who has a prescription for insulin and
his pre-meal capillary blood glucose was 110 mg/dL
and his post-meal capillary blood glucose is now 160
mg/dL
B. A client whose wound drainage at 0800 was san-
guineous and now it is serosanguineous
C. A client who reports pain as 4 on a scale of 1 to 10
at 0800 now reports pain as 6
D. A client whose blood pressure at 0800 was 138/86
mm Hg and at 1200 is 106/60 mm Hg
11. A nurse is caring for an older adult client who is disori- C. Check on the client
ented and has a history of falls. Which of the following hourly.
actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.) D. Instruct the client in the
A. Raise all side rails on the client's bed. use of the call light.
B. Obtain a prescription to restrain the client PRN.
EXAM ATI CMS
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2025/2026
1. A nurse is preparing an in-service for an annual skills D. Rescue the clients.
fair at a community medical facility about fire safety. A. Pull the fire alarm.
Place the steps in the order in which they should be B. Confine the fire.
performed in the case of a fire emergency. (Move the C. Extinguish the fire.
steps into the box on the right, placing them in the
selected order of performance. Use all the steps.)
A. Pull the fire alarm.
B. Confine the fire.
C. Extinguish the fire.
D. Rescue the clients.
2. A nurse is caring for a client who is dying of metastatic B. Nonmaleficence
breast cancer. She has a prescription for an opioid pain
medication PRN. The nurse is concerned that admin-
istering a dose of pain medication might hasten the
client's death. Which of the following ethical principles
should the nurse use to support the decision not to
administer the medication?
A. Utilitarianism
B. Nonmaleficence
C. Fidelity
D. Veracity
3. A charge nurse is reviewing the list of tasks that have C. Removing and cleaning
been delegated to the assistive personnel (AP) by the the cannula of a client who
staff nurse. Which of the following tasks should the has a new tracheostomy
charge nurse reassign to a licensed nurse?
A. Transporting a client who experienced a stroke 72
hr ago to the radiology department
B. Providing a back rub to a client who has right-sided
paralysis
C. Removing and cleaning the cannula of a client who
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has a new tracheostomy
D. Performing oral hygiene for a client who is 1 day
postoperative following an amputation of the right
arm
4. A nurse working in an emergency department is car- B. Initiate seizure precau-
ing for a client who has been exposed to sarin gas tions.
following a bioterrorism attack. Which of the following
interventions should the nurse plan to take?
A. Vigorously rub the skin following a decontamina-
tion shower.
B. Initiate seizure precautions.
C. Provide respiratory support with a plastic oral air-
way.
D. Prepare to administer amyl nitrate.
5. .A nurse in the emergency department is triaging A. A client who has a punc-
clients following a mass casualty event. The nurse tured femoral artery
should identify which of the following clients as emer-
gent?
A. A client who has a punctured femoral artery
B. A client who has multiple fractures
C. A client who has a red rash over his abdomen
D. A client who reports severe flank pain radiating to
the groin
6. A nurse manager received a client request not to have B. Address the concern
a specific staff nurse care for her while at the acute with the specific staff
care facility. Which of the following is the appropriate nurse.
action by the nurse manager?
A. Ask other staff nurses about the level of care the
specific staff nurse provides.
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B. Address the concern with the specific staff nurse.
C. Recommend the specific staff nurse be transferred
to another unit.
D. Notify the human resources department about the
request.
7. A nurse finds that a client did not receive a scheduled A. The date of the incident
dose of furosemide (Lasix). Which of the following D. The time the client was
should the nurse include in the incident/variance re- to receive the medication
port? (Select all that apply.) E. The client's vital signs
A. The date of the incident
B. The name of the provider who prescribed the med-
ication
C. The potential adverse effects of the medication
D. The time the client was to receive the medication
E. The client's vital signs
8. A nurse is caring for a client who has a history of B. The client
dementia. The client is alert and oriented to person,
place, and time, and has advance directives. The client
is scheduled for a procedure that requires informed
consent. Which of the following persons should sign
the informed consent?
A. The client's partner
B. The client
C. The client's daughter, who is the primary caregiver
D. The client's son, who has a durable power of attor-
ney
9. A nurse manager is observing the care provided by D. The nurse opens the
a nurse who is in orientation to the unit. Which of top flap of a sterile tray to-
the following actions by the nurse indicates the nurse ward the body when as-
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manager should intervene? sisting the provider with a
A. The nurse uses clean gloves when discontinuing a thoracentesis.
client's intravenous infusion.
B. The nurse empties a client's drainable colostomy
pouch when it is one-third full.
C. The nurse uses the client's telephone number as
one form of identification when administering med-
ications to a client.
D. The nurse opens the top flap of a sterile tray toward
the body when assisting the provider with a thoracen-
tesis.
10. A nurse is caring for four clients who are postoper- D. A client whose blood
ative from surgery 24 hr ago. At 1200 the nurse as- pressure at 0800 was
sesses the clients. Which of the following clients is the 138/86 mm Hg and at
nurse's priority? 1200 is 106/60 mm Hg
A. A client who has a prescription for insulin and
his pre-meal capillary blood glucose was 110 mg/dL
and his post-meal capillary blood glucose is now 160
mg/dL
B. A client whose wound drainage at 0800 was san-
guineous and now it is serosanguineous
C. A client who reports pain as 4 on a scale of 1 to 10
at 0800 now reports pain as 6
D. A client whose blood pressure at 0800 was 138/86
mm Hg and at 1200 is 106/60 mm Hg
11. A nurse is caring for an older adult client who is disori- C. Check on the client
ented and has a history of falls. Which of the following hourly.
actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.) D. Instruct the client in the
A. Raise all side rails on the client's bed. use of the call light.
B. Obtain a prescription to restrain the client PRN.
