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ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED EXAM
2025 LATEST UPDATED
A nurse is assessing a client b. Distended neck veins
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
A nurse is caring for a client b. Improved cognition
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
d. Cardiac arrhythmias absent
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A nurse is teaching a client d. "Remove the patch prior to going to bed."
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."
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A nurse is reviewing he d. Potassium 5.2 mEq/L - Hyperkalemia (serum
laboratory results of a potassium level greater than 5.0 mEq/L) increases the
client who has a client risk for fatal cardiac dysrhythmias. Kayexalate is
prescription for sodium used to decrease the serum potassium level so the
polystyrene sulfonate PN should monitor the client's serum potassium
(Kayexalate) every 6 hr. level
which of the following
should the nurse report
to the provider?
a. Creatinine 0.72 mg/dL
b. Sodium 138 mEq/L
c. Magnesium 2 mEq/L
d. Potassium 5.2 mEq/L
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A nurse is caring for a client a. The client has a negative sputum culture
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
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A client is caring for a client d. Administer epinephrine IM
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?
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
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A nurse is caring for a client a. St. John's Wort
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
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ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED EXAM
2025 LATEST UPDATED
A nurse is assessing a client b. Distended neck veins
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
A nurse is caring for a client b. Improved cognition
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
d. Cardiac arrhythmias absent
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A nurse is teaching a client d. "Remove the patch prior to going to bed."
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."
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A nurse is reviewing he d. Potassium 5.2 mEq/L - Hyperkalemia (serum
laboratory results of a potassium level greater than 5.0 mEq/L) increases the
client who has a client risk for fatal cardiac dysrhythmias. Kayexalate is
prescription for sodium used to decrease the serum potassium level so the
polystyrene sulfonate PN should monitor the client's serum potassium
(Kayexalate) every 6 hr. level
which of the following
should the nurse report
to the provider?
a. Creatinine 0.72 mg/dL
b. Sodium 138 mEq/L
c. Magnesium 2 mEq/L
d. Potassium 5.2 mEq/L
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A nurse is caring for a client a. The client has a negative sputum culture
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
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A client is caring for a client d. Administer epinephrine IM
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?
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
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A nurse is caring for a client a. St. John's Wort
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
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