PHARMACOLOGY ATI PROCTORED EXAM 2025 WITH NGN: QUESTION AND ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
Chew sugarless gum to moisten the mouth.
When taking action, the nurse should instruct the client who is taking
A nurse is providing teaching with a fluphenazine and is experiencing anticholinergic effects to chew sugarless
client, who has schizophrenia, about gum. This instruction would provide moisture to the client's mouth and
strategies to minimize the decrease the severity of dry mouth which is an anticholinergic adverse
anticholinergic effects of effect.
fluphenazine. Which of the
following instructions should the
nurse suggest for the client?
Gentamicin is a narrow-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic prescribed to
Gentamicin treat serious infections caused by aerobic bacilli
Gentamicin can injure cells of the proximal renal tubules.
Naproxen and other NSAIDs can cause renal insufficiency.
The glomerular filtration rate of the kidneys decreases with advanced age,
Complications of Gentamicin making this client at increased risk for nephrotoxicity.
BUN
Blood creatinine
What lab values should a nurse Peak and trough levels of gentamicin
monitor for a patient taking Specific gravity of urine
Gentamicin? Urinalysis
BUN blood urea nitrogen
Monitor intake and output.
Notify the provider of low urinary output.
Ensure that the client is adequately hydrated and monitor for fluid
Nursing actions for a client taking overload.
gentamicin Assess for manifestations of ototoxicity.
Adverse Effects
Mechanism of Action
A nurse is preparing a client's Contraindications
medications. The nurse is
responsible for gaining and Use knowledge of the therapeutic effect and common adverse effects of
maintaining knowledge about which medications to compare expected outcomes with actual findings
of the following medication
information?
nutrient-complete solution given directly into bloodstream when person
total parenteral nutrition (TPN) cannot eat by mouth
Time of the incident
A nurse is preparing to complete an who was notified of the incident
incident report for a medication actions taken following the incident
error. What information (4 things) client identification
should the nurse include in the
report?
1
, PHARMACOLOGY ATI PROCTORED EXAM 2025 WITH NGN: QUESTION AND ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
Anticholinergic effects
(dry mouth, eyes,)
blurred vision
Hypotension
Adverse effects of oxybutynin peripheral edema
QT interval prolongation
Respiratory Depression
Hypotension
adverse effects of fentanyl patches Constipation
Nausea or Vomiting
Take a stool softener on a daily basis. Constipation is an adverse effect of
Clients who use fentanyl patches opioid use and stool softeners can decrease the severity
will likely need to take what on a
daily basis?
Adverse effects of haloperidol extrapyrimidal symptoms
involuntary fine motor tremors, rigidity, uncontrollable retlessness,
extrapyramidal symptoms dystonia, pseudoparkinsonism, and akathisia
Dopamine is an adrenergic that causes a receptor specificity effect, which
When using dopamine to treat heart increases cardiac output and improves perfusion. You might notice
failure, what are signs to watch increased urine output as well
indicating the medication is effective
Dizziness, vertigo, orthostatic hypotension, nausea, anorexia, vomiting,
Adverse effects of dry mouth, diarrhea, polyuria, nocturia, muscle cramps, or spasms. (think:
Hydrochlorothiazide LOWERS BP)
HCTZ is a thiazide diuretic administered to promote urine output and
reduce blood pressure and edema. The nurse should obtain the client's
A nurse is preparing to administer blood pressure prior to administration of the medication.
hydrochlorothiazide to a client
actions should the nurse take prior to
administering this medication
What is sucralfate? Forms protective coat over ulcers, causes constipation
is Zolpidem designed for long or short term
short term use?
Drowsiness, headache, dizziness, complex sleep-related behavior,
Zolpidem adverse effects amnesia
What is Zolpidem primarily used to insomnia
treat
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Clinical name for Opioid addiction
administer methadone for treatment of opioid use disorder. Methadone
What drug is administered as a can be administered for withdrawal and to assist with maintenance and
treatment for opioid use disorder suppressive therapy.
Adverse reaction to antipsychotics with severe "lead pipe" rigidty,
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome FEVER, and mental status changes
2
Chew sugarless gum to moisten the mouth.
When taking action, the nurse should instruct the client who is taking
A nurse is providing teaching with a fluphenazine and is experiencing anticholinergic effects to chew sugarless
client, who has schizophrenia, about gum. This instruction would provide moisture to the client's mouth and
strategies to minimize the decrease the severity of dry mouth which is an anticholinergic adverse
anticholinergic effects of effect.
fluphenazine. Which of the
following instructions should the
nurse suggest for the client?
Gentamicin is a narrow-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic prescribed to
Gentamicin treat serious infections caused by aerobic bacilli
Gentamicin can injure cells of the proximal renal tubules.
Naproxen and other NSAIDs can cause renal insufficiency.
The glomerular filtration rate of the kidneys decreases with advanced age,
Complications of Gentamicin making this client at increased risk for nephrotoxicity.
BUN
Blood creatinine
What lab values should a nurse Peak and trough levels of gentamicin
monitor for a patient taking Specific gravity of urine
Gentamicin? Urinalysis
BUN blood urea nitrogen
Monitor intake and output.
Notify the provider of low urinary output.
Ensure that the client is adequately hydrated and monitor for fluid
Nursing actions for a client taking overload.
gentamicin Assess for manifestations of ototoxicity.
Adverse Effects
Mechanism of Action
A nurse is preparing a client's Contraindications
medications. The nurse is
responsible for gaining and Use knowledge of the therapeutic effect and common adverse effects of
maintaining knowledge about which medications to compare expected outcomes with actual findings
of the following medication
information?
nutrient-complete solution given directly into bloodstream when person
total parenteral nutrition (TPN) cannot eat by mouth
Time of the incident
A nurse is preparing to complete an who was notified of the incident
incident report for a medication actions taken following the incident
error. What information (4 things) client identification
should the nurse include in the
report?
1
, PHARMACOLOGY ATI PROCTORED EXAM 2025 WITH NGN: QUESTION AND ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
Anticholinergic effects
(dry mouth, eyes,)
blurred vision
Hypotension
Adverse effects of oxybutynin peripheral edema
QT interval prolongation
Respiratory Depression
Hypotension
adverse effects of fentanyl patches Constipation
Nausea or Vomiting
Take a stool softener on a daily basis. Constipation is an adverse effect of
Clients who use fentanyl patches opioid use and stool softeners can decrease the severity
will likely need to take what on a
daily basis?
Adverse effects of haloperidol extrapyrimidal symptoms
involuntary fine motor tremors, rigidity, uncontrollable retlessness,
extrapyramidal symptoms dystonia, pseudoparkinsonism, and akathisia
Dopamine is an adrenergic that causes a receptor specificity effect, which
When using dopamine to treat heart increases cardiac output and improves perfusion. You might notice
failure, what are signs to watch increased urine output as well
indicating the medication is effective
Dizziness, vertigo, orthostatic hypotension, nausea, anorexia, vomiting,
Adverse effects of dry mouth, diarrhea, polyuria, nocturia, muscle cramps, or spasms. (think:
Hydrochlorothiazide LOWERS BP)
HCTZ is a thiazide diuretic administered to promote urine output and
reduce blood pressure and edema. The nurse should obtain the client's
A nurse is preparing to administer blood pressure prior to administration of the medication.
hydrochlorothiazide to a client
actions should the nurse take prior to
administering this medication
What is sucralfate? Forms protective coat over ulcers, causes constipation
is Zolpidem designed for long or short term
short term use?
Drowsiness, headache, dizziness, complex sleep-related behavior,
Zolpidem adverse effects amnesia
What is Zolpidem primarily used to insomnia
treat
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Clinical name for Opioid addiction
administer methadone for treatment of opioid use disorder. Methadone
What drug is administered as a can be administered for withdrawal and to assist with maintenance and
treatment for opioid use disorder suppressive therapy.
Adverse reaction to antipsychotics with severe "lead pipe" rigidty,
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome FEVER, and mental status changes
2
