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NGN ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED 2025/ 2026
NEWEST EXAM TEST BANK COMPLETE ACCURATE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /BRAND NEW!! /ALREADY GRADED
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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. 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.)
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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-C. Liver failure
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway
metabolizes
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
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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 - 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.
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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. -
Answer-C. "I will apply the patch to an area of skin with no
hair."
(The client should apply the patch to a hairless area of
skin to promote absorption of the medication.)
NGN ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED 2025/ 2026
NEWEST EXAM TEST BANK COMPLETE ACCURATE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /BRAND NEW!! /ALREADY GRADED
A+||LATEST EXAM!!!
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. 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.)
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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-C. Liver failure
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway
metabolizes
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
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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 - 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.
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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. -
Answer-C. "I will apply the patch to an area of skin with no
hair."
(The client should apply the patch to a hairless area of
skin to promote absorption of the medication.)
