VIRTUAL ATI PHARMACOLOGY PRE-ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS AND RATIONALES (100% CORRECT)
A nurse is reinforcing teaching to a cleint who is to start using a nitroglycerine transdermal unit for
angina. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
1. Cut the patches in half to save money
2. Remove the patching each evening tohave 10 hr without medication
3. Apply an additional patch during an angina attack
4. Remove the patch is you develop a headache
2. Remove the patching each evening tohave 10 hr without medication
-remove each evening to allow for 10-12 hr med free time
A nurse is preparing to administer timolol ophthalmic drops to a client who has glaucoma. Which of
the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
1. Place the eyedropper gently against the sclera
2. Gently rub the eye after instilling the medication
3. Drop prescribed amount of medication into the conjunctival sac
4. Don sterile gloves to instill the medication
3. Drop prescribed amount of medication into the conjunctival sac
A nurse is administering morning medications and realizes that nifedipine was administered to the
wrong client. Which of the following is the priority nursing action?
1. Check the client's vital signs
2. Notify the charge nurse
3. Fill out an occurrence report according to institutional policy
4. Document an objective description of what has happened in the client's chart
1. Check the client's vital signs
A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for digoxin 0.25 mg PO daily for heart failure.
The clients current vitals signs are BP 144/96, heart rate 54/min, respirations 18/min, and temp 98.6F.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
, VIRTUAL ATI PHARMACOLOGY PRE-ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS AND RATIONALES (100% CORRECT)
1. Administer digoxin 0.125mg
2. Administer digoxin 0.25mg
3. Withhold the digoxin dose for elevated BP
4. Withhold the digoxin dose for decreased heart rate
4. Withhold the digoxin dose for decreased heart rate
-less than 60/min HOLD
A nurse is caring for a client who is taking ranitidine. Which of the following client statements
indicates to the nurse that ranitidine treatment has been effective? Select all that apply.
1. "I don't have as much heartburn after i eat anymore"
2. "I occasionally have stomach pain and dark stool"
3. "I noticed that i have had less urge to smoke lately"
4. "I have not been as dizzy as i was before"
5. "I cant sleep while lying flat again"
1. "I don't have as much heartburn after i eat anymore"
5. "I cant sleep while lying flat again"
A nurse is collecting data from a client who is postoperative and recieving IV morphine 1 mg every
10 min via PCA. For which of the following manifestations should the nurse withhold the morphine?
1. The client is drowsy and responds to verbal stimuli by answering questions
2. The clients respiratory rate is 9/min
3. The client reports a pain level of 4 on a scale of 0 to 10
4. The clients urinary catheter output was 30 mL during the past hour
2. The clients respiratory rate is 9/min
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory values of a client who is receiving total parenteral nutrition
(TPN): glucose 72 mg/dL, chloride 100 mEq/L, sodium 138 mEq/L, and potassium 3.0 mEq/L.
Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
ANSWERS AND RATIONALES (100% CORRECT)
A nurse is reinforcing teaching to a cleint who is to start using a nitroglycerine transdermal unit for
angina. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
1. Cut the patches in half to save money
2. Remove the patching each evening tohave 10 hr without medication
3. Apply an additional patch during an angina attack
4. Remove the patch is you develop a headache
2. Remove the patching each evening tohave 10 hr without medication
-remove each evening to allow for 10-12 hr med free time
A nurse is preparing to administer timolol ophthalmic drops to a client who has glaucoma. Which of
the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
1. Place the eyedropper gently against the sclera
2. Gently rub the eye after instilling the medication
3. Drop prescribed amount of medication into the conjunctival sac
4. Don sterile gloves to instill the medication
3. Drop prescribed amount of medication into the conjunctival sac
A nurse is administering morning medications and realizes that nifedipine was administered to the
wrong client. Which of the following is the priority nursing action?
1. Check the client's vital signs
2. Notify the charge nurse
3. Fill out an occurrence report according to institutional policy
4. Document an objective description of what has happened in the client's chart
1. Check the client's vital signs
A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for digoxin 0.25 mg PO daily for heart failure.
The clients current vitals signs are BP 144/96, heart rate 54/min, respirations 18/min, and temp 98.6F.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
, VIRTUAL ATI PHARMACOLOGY PRE-ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS AND RATIONALES (100% CORRECT)
1. Administer digoxin 0.125mg
2. Administer digoxin 0.25mg
3. Withhold the digoxin dose for elevated BP
4. Withhold the digoxin dose for decreased heart rate
4. Withhold the digoxin dose for decreased heart rate
-less than 60/min HOLD
A nurse is caring for a client who is taking ranitidine. Which of the following client statements
indicates to the nurse that ranitidine treatment has been effective? Select all that apply.
1. "I don't have as much heartburn after i eat anymore"
2. "I occasionally have stomach pain and dark stool"
3. "I noticed that i have had less urge to smoke lately"
4. "I have not been as dizzy as i was before"
5. "I cant sleep while lying flat again"
1. "I don't have as much heartburn after i eat anymore"
5. "I cant sleep while lying flat again"
A nurse is collecting data from a client who is postoperative and recieving IV morphine 1 mg every
10 min via PCA. For which of the following manifestations should the nurse withhold the morphine?
1. The client is drowsy and responds to verbal stimuli by answering questions
2. The clients respiratory rate is 9/min
3. The client reports a pain level of 4 on a scale of 0 to 10
4. The clients urinary catheter output was 30 mL during the past hour
2. The clients respiratory rate is 9/min
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory values of a client who is receiving total parenteral nutrition
(TPN): glucose 72 mg/dL, chloride 100 mEq/L, sodium 138 mEq/L, and potassium 3.0 mEq/L.
Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
