ATI PHARMACOLOGY
PROCTORED EXAM (2025/2026)
UPDATE|EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH MULTIPLE CHOICES
|VERIFIED & REVISED ANSWERS
(NEW)!!
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."
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 potassium level so the PN should monitor the client's
serum potassium level
A nurse is caring for a client 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
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
3
, c. The client has a positive purified protein derivative test
d. The client's liver function test results are within the expected reference
range - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. The client has a negative sputum culture
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
PROCTORED EXAM (2025/2026)
UPDATE|EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH MULTIPLE CHOICES
|VERIFIED & REVISED ANSWERS
(NEW)!!
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."
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 potassium level so the PN should monitor the client's
serum potassium level
A nurse is caring for a client 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
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
3
, c. The client has a positive purified protein derivative test
d. The client's liver function test results are within the expected reference
range - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. The client has a negative sputum culture
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
