ATI RN PHARMACOLOGY 2024 / LATEST RN ATI
PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS AND WELL
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A home health nurse is visiting a client who has heart failure
and a prescription for furosemide. The nurse identifies that the
client has gained 2.5 kg (5 lb.) since the last visit 2 days ago.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
a. Encourage the client to dangle the legs while sitting in a chair
b. Teach the client about foods low in sodium
c. Determine medication adherence by the client
d. Notify the provider of the client's weight gain - Answer-c.
Determine medication adherence by the client
A nurse is preparing to administer the initial dose of penicillin G
IM to a client. The nurse should monitor for which of the
following as an indication of an allergic reaction following the
injection?
a. Urticaria
b. Bradycardia
c. Pallor
,d. Dyspepsia - Answer-a. Urticaria
A nurse is teaching a client who has angina a new prescription
for sublingual nitroglycerin tablets. Which of the following
instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. "Discard any tablets you do not use every 6 months."
b. "Take one tablet each morning 30 minutes prior to eating."
c. "Keep the tablets at room temperature in their original glass
bottle."
d. "Place the tablet between your cheek and gum to dissolve." -
Answer-c. "Keep the tablets at room temperature in their
original glass bottle."
A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a new
prescription for theophylline a sustained-released capsule.
Which of the following statements by the client indicates an
understanding of the teaching?
a. "I can take my medication in the morning with my coffee."
b. "I may sprinkle the medication in applesauce."
c. "I should limit my fluid intake while on this medication."
d. "I will need to have blood levels drawn." - Answer-d. "I will
need to have blood levels drawn."
,A nurse is mixing regular insulin and NPH insulin in the same
syringe prior to administering it to client who has diabetes
mellitus following actions should the nurse take first?
a. Withdraw the regular insulin from the viral
b. Withdraw the NPH insulin form the vial
c. Inject air into the NPH vial
d. Inject air into the regular insulin vial - Answer-c. Inject air
into the NPH vial
A nurse is preparing to administer subcutaneous heparin to a
client. Which of the following should the nurse take?
a. Massage the site after administering the medication
b. Use a 21-gauge needle for the injection
c. Aspirate before injecting the medication
d. Insert the needle at least 5 cm (2 in) from the umbilicus -
Answer-d. Insert the needle at least 5 cm (2 in) from the
umbilicus
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 - Answer-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
d. Cardiac arrhythmias absent - Answer-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." - Answer-d.
"Remove the patch prior to going to bed."
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