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ATI PHARMACOLOGY CARDIOVASCULAR EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
The nurse is reviewing the health care provider's prescription
sheet for the preoperative client, which states that the client must
be on nothing by mouth (NPO) status after midnight. The nurse
should clarify whether which medication should be given to the
client rather than withheld? - ANSWER-Atenolol (Tenormin)
A client is being discharged home, and the health care provider
has prescribed spironolactone (Aldactone) for the client. The
nurse reinforces instructions to the client about the medication.
Which statement by the client indicates a need for further
teaching by the nurse? - ANSWER-"I know I need to eat foods
that are high in potassium because of the diuretic effect of the
medication."
A health care provider (HCP) writes a prescription for digoxin
(Lanoxin), 0.25 mg daily. The nurse teaches the client about the
medication and tells the client that it is important to do which? -
ANSWER-Withhold the medication and call the HCP if the pulse
is less than 60 beats per minute.
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A client has arrived at the emergency department complaining of
weakness, an irregular heartbeat, and lethargy. The nurse is
attempting to discover what caused these symptoms. The nurse
asks the client "Have you been prescribed any new medications?"
The client tells the nurse "About 2 weeks ago I was prescribed a
drug to make me pee, but I don't know the name." The nurse
determines that the client is referring to which medication? -
ANSWER-Furosemide (Lasix)
The nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching to the client who was
given a prescription for nifedipine (Adalat) for blood pressure
management. Which instructions should the nurse reinforce?
Select all that apply. - ANSWER--"Take pulse rate each day."
-"Weigh at the same time each day."
-"Palpitations may occur early in therapy."
-"Be careful when rising from sitting to standing."
A child is being sent home on digoxin (Lanoxin) after being
diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. The medication needs
to be given once a day. Which should the nurse reinforce in the
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teaching plan for the family? - ANSWER-"Give the medication in
the morning 20 to 30 minutes before a feeding."
Clients who are given a prescription for sildenafil (Viagra) should
be taught that a potentially fatal medication interaction can occur
with which medication? - ANSWER-Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat)
The nurse is assisting in monitoring a client who received
hydralazine hydrochloride (Apresoline) to treat autonomic
dysreflexia. Which finding accurately indicates that the medication
is effective? - ANSWER-Blood pressure declines.
The home health care nurse is visiting a client with elevated
triglyceride levels and a serum cholesterol level of 398 mg/dL.
The client is taking cholestyramine (Questran). Which statement
made by the client indicates the need for further teaching? -
ANSWER-"I'll continue my nicotinic acid from the health food
store."
A client is being discharged with a prescription for propranolol
(Inderal). When reinforcing instructions to the client about the
ATI PHARMACOLOGY CARDIOVASCULAR EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
The nurse is reviewing the health care provider's prescription
sheet for the preoperative client, which states that the client must
be on nothing by mouth (NPO) status after midnight. The nurse
should clarify whether which medication should be given to the
client rather than withheld? - ANSWER-Atenolol (Tenormin)
A client is being discharged home, and the health care provider
has prescribed spironolactone (Aldactone) for the client. The
nurse reinforces instructions to the client about the medication.
Which statement by the client indicates a need for further
teaching by the nurse? - ANSWER-"I know I need to eat foods
that are high in potassium because of the diuretic effect of the
medication."
A health care provider (HCP) writes a prescription for digoxin
(Lanoxin), 0.25 mg daily. The nurse teaches the client about the
medication and tells the client that it is important to do which? -
ANSWER-Withhold the medication and call the HCP if the pulse
is less than 60 beats per minute.
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A client has arrived at the emergency department complaining of
weakness, an irregular heartbeat, and lethargy. The nurse is
attempting to discover what caused these symptoms. The nurse
asks the client "Have you been prescribed any new medications?"
The client tells the nurse "About 2 weeks ago I was prescribed a
drug to make me pee, but I don't know the name." The nurse
determines that the client is referring to which medication? -
ANSWER-Furosemide (Lasix)
The nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching to the client who was
given a prescription for nifedipine (Adalat) for blood pressure
management. Which instructions should the nurse reinforce?
Select all that apply. - ANSWER--"Take pulse rate each day."
-"Weigh at the same time each day."
-"Palpitations may occur early in therapy."
-"Be careful when rising from sitting to standing."
A child is being sent home on digoxin (Lanoxin) after being
diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. The medication needs
to be given once a day. Which should the nurse reinforce in the
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teaching plan for the family? - ANSWER-"Give the medication in
the morning 20 to 30 minutes before a feeding."
Clients who are given a prescription for sildenafil (Viagra) should
be taught that a potentially fatal medication interaction can occur
with which medication? - ANSWER-Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat)
The nurse is assisting in monitoring a client who received
hydralazine hydrochloride (Apresoline) to treat autonomic
dysreflexia. Which finding accurately indicates that the medication
is effective? - ANSWER-Blood pressure declines.
The home health care nurse is visiting a client with elevated
triglyceride levels and a serum cholesterol level of 398 mg/dL.
The client is taking cholestyramine (Questran). Which statement
made by the client indicates the need for further teaching? -
ANSWER-"I'll continue my nicotinic acid from the health food
store."
A client is being discharged with a prescription for propranolol
(Inderal). When reinforcing instructions to the client about the
