ATI PHARMACOLOGY
PROCTORED 2022/2023
(VERIFIED A+)
,ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED
2022/2023 (VERIFIED 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 - 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.)
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 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.
PROCTORED 2022/2023
(VERIFIED A+)
,ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED
2022/2023 (VERIFIED 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 - 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.)
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 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.
