ATI RN PHARMACOLOGY QUESTIONS | TESTED AND
PROVEN ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
100% (GRADE A+)
A nurse is assessing a client who is receiving intravenous therapy. The nurse should identify
which of the following findings as a manifestation of fluid volume excess?
a. Decreased bowel sounds
b. Distended neck veins
c. Bilateral muscle weakness
d. Thread pulse
Ans>> b. Distended neck veins
A nurse is caring for a client who has hyponatremia and is receiving an infusion of a prescribed
hypertonic solution. Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the
treatment is effective?
a. Absent Chvostek's sign
b. Improved cognition
c. Decreased vomiting
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,d. Cardiac arrhythmias absent
Ans>> b. Improved cognition
A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for a nitroglycerin transdermal patch.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
a. "Discontinue the patch if you experience a headache."
b. "Apply a new patch if you have chest pain."
c. "Cover the patch with dry gauze when taking a shower."
d. "Remove the patch prior to going to bed."
Ans>> d. "Remove the patch prior to going to bed."
A nurse is reviewing he laboratory results of a client who has a prescription for sodium
polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) every 6 hr. which of the following should the nurse report to
the provider?
a. Creatinine 0.72 mg/dL
b. Sodium 138 mEq/L
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,c. Magnesium 2 mEq/L
d. Potassium 5.2 mEq/L
Ans>> d. Potassium 5.2 mEq/L - Hyperkalemia (serum potassium level greater than 5.0 mEq/L)
increases the client risk for fatal cardiac dysrhythmias. Kayexalate is used to decrease the serum
potassium level so the PN should monitor the client's serum potassium level
A nurse is caring for a client who has tuberculosis and is taking isoniazid and rifampin. Which of
the following outcomes indicates that the client is adhering to the medication regimen?
a. The client has a negative sputum culture
b. The client tests negative for HIV
c. The client has a positive purified protein derivative test
d. The client's liver function test results are within the expected reference range
Ans>> a. The client has a negative sputum culture
A client is caring for a client who develops an anaphylactic reaction to IV administration. After
assessing the client's respiratory status and stopping the medication infusion. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take next?
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, a. Replace the infusion with 0.9% sodium chloride
b. Give diphenhydramine IM
c. Elevate the client's legs and feet
d. Administer epinephrine IM
Ans>> d. Administer epinephrine IM
A nurse is caring for a client who is taking sertraline and reports a desire to begin taking
supplements. Which of the following supplements should the nurse advise the client to avoid?
a. St. John's Wort
b. Ginger root
c. Black cohosh
d. Coenzyme Q10
Ans>> a. St. John's Wort
A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and a new prescription for lisinopril. For which
of the following adverse effects should the nurse monitor when administering lisinopril?
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PROVEN ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
100% (GRADE A+)
A nurse is assessing a client who is receiving intravenous therapy. The nurse should identify
which of the following findings as a manifestation of fluid volume excess?
a. Decreased bowel sounds
b. Distended neck veins
c. Bilateral muscle weakness
d. Thread pulse
Ans>> b. Distended neck veins
A nurse is caring for a client who has hyponatremia and is receiving an infusion of a prescribed
hypertonic solution. Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the
treatment is effective?
a. Absent Chvostek's sign
b. Improved cognition
c. Decreased vomiting
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,d. Cardiac arrhythmias absent
Ans>> b. Improved cognition
A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for a nitroglycerin transdermal patch.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
a. "Discontinue the patch if you experience a headache."
b. "Apply a new patch if you have chest pain."
c. "Cover the patch with dry gauze when taking a shower."
d. "Remove the patch prior to going to bed."
Ans>> d. "Remove the patch prior to going to bed."
A nurse is reviewing he laboratory results of a client who has a prescription for sodium
polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) every 6 hr. which of the following should the nurse report to
the provider?
a. Creatinine 0.72 mg/dL
b. Sodium 138 mEq/L
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,c. Magnesium 2 mEq/L
d. Potassium 5.2 mEq/L
Ans>> d. Potassium 5.2 mEq/L - Hyperkalemia (serum potassium level greater than 5.0 mEq/L)
increases the client risk for fatal cardiac dysrhythmias. Kayexalate is used to decrease the serum
potassium level so the PN should monitor the client's serum potassium level
A nurse is caring for a client who has tuberculosis and is taking isoniazid and rifampin. Which of
the following outcomes indicates that the client is adhering to the medication regimen?
a. The client has a negative sputum culture
b. The client tests negative for HIV
c. The client has a positive purified protein derivative test
d. The client's liver function test results are within the expected reference range
Ans>> a. The client has a negative sputum culture
A client is caring for a client who develops an anaphylactic reaction to IV administration. After
assessing the client's respiratory status and stopping the medication infusion. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take next?
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, a. Replace the infusion with 0.9% sodium chloride
b. Give diphenhydramine IM
c. Elevate the client's legs and feet
d. Administer epinephrine IM
Ans>> d. Administer epinephrine IM
A nurse is caring for a client who is taking sertraline and reports a desire to begin taking
supplements. Which of the following supplements should the nurse advise the client to avoid?
a. St. John's Wort
b. Ginger root
c. Black cohosh
d. Coenzyme Q10
Ans>> a. St. John's Wort
A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and a new prescription for lisinopril. For which
of the following adverse effects should the nurse monitor when administering lisinopril?
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