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PN PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED ATI EXAM 2026
ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL VERIFIED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ / NEWEST EXAM!!!
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?
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 - Answer-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 - Answer-a. St. John's Wort
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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?
a. Bradycardia
b. Hypokalemia
c. Tinnitus
d. Hypotension - Answer-d. Hypotension
A nurse is assessing a client who is receiving heparin IV
continuous IV. The client has an PPT of 90 seconds. They
should monitor the client for which of the following
changes in their vital signs?
a. Decreased temperature
b. Increased pulse rate
c. Decreased respiratory rate
d. Increased blood pressure - Answer-d. Increased blood
pressure
A nurse is preparing to administer medication to a client
and discovers a medication error. The nurse should
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recognize that which of the following staff members is
responsible for completing an incident report?
a. The quality improvement committee
b. The nurse who identifies the error
c. The nurse who caused the error
d. The charge nurse - Answer-b. The nurse who identifies
the error
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
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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."
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
c. Magnesium 2 mEq/L
d. Potassium 5.2 mEq/L - Answer-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
PN PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED ATI EXAM 2026
ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL VERIFIED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+ / NEWEST EXAM!!!
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?
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 - Answer-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 - Answer-a. St. John's Wort
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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?
a. Bradycardia
b. Hypokalemia
c. Tinnitus
d. Hypotension - Answer-d. Hypotension
A nurse is assessing a client who is receiving heparin IV
continuous IV. The client has an PPT of 90 seconds. They
should monitor the client for which of the following
changes in their vital signs?
a. Decreased temperature
b. Increased pulse rate
c. Decreased respiratory rate
d. Increased blood pressure - Answer-d. Increased blood
pressure
A nurse is preparing to administer medication to a client
and discovers a medication error. The nurse should
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recognize that which of the following staff members is
responsible for completing an incident report?
a. The quality improvement committee
b. The nurse who identifies the error
c. The nurse who caused the error
d. The charge nurse - Answer-b. The nurse who identifies
the error
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
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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."
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
c. Magnesium 2 mEq/L
d. Potassium 5.2 mEq/L - Answer-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
