ATI PHARMACOLOGY PRACTICE

A AND B

A nurse is caring for a client who is taking atenolol. Which of the following

findings should indicate to the nurse that the medication is effective?

A) The client has an increase in urinary output.

B) The client reports an improvement in memory.

C) The client has a decrease in blood pressure.

D) The client reports having an increase in libido.

A nurse is caring for a client who has pneumonia. The client tells the nurse she is

pregnant and that she has not told her provider yet. The nurse should identify

that pregnancy is a contraindication to receiving which of the following

medications?

A) Acetaminophen

B) Ipratropium

C) Benzonatate

D) Doxycycline

A nurse is preparing to administer amoxicillin 250 mg PO to a school-age child.

The amount available is amoxicillin oral suspension 200 mg/5 mL. How many mL

should the nurse administer per dose?

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A nurse is providing teaching to a client who is to start taking lisinopril. Which of

the following findings is an adverse effect that the nurse should instruct the client

to monitor and report to the provider?

A) Hair loss

B) Ringing in the ears

C) Facial flushing

D) Dry cough

A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has a new prescription for ferrous

sulfate. The nurse should instruct the client to take the medication with which of

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the following to promote absorption?

A) Vitamin E

B) Orange juice

C) Milk

D) Antacid

A nurse is caring for a client who is taking acetazolamide for chronic open-angle

glaucoma. For which of the following adverse effects should the nurse instruct the

client to monitor and report?

A) Tingling of the fingers

B) Constipation

C) Weight gain

D) Oliguria

A circulating nurse is planning care for a client who is scheduled for surgery and

has a latex allergy. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the

plan of care?

A) Schedule the client for the last surgery of the day.

B) Place monitoring cords and tubes in a stockinet.

C) Choose rubber injection ports for fluid administration.

D) Ensure phenytoin IV is readily available.

A nurse is providing teaching about adverse effects of clindamycin to a client.

Which of the following findings should the nurse instruct the client to report to

the provider?

A) Orange urine

B) Watery diarrhea

C) Weight gain

D) Headache

A nurse is caring for the mother of a newborn. The mother asks the nurse when

her newborn should receive his first diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine

(DTaP). The nurse should instruct the mother that her newborn should receive

the immunization at which of the following ages?

A) Birth

B) 2 months

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C) 6 months

D) 15 months

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who is to start taking sumatriptan. Which

of the following adverse effects should the nurse instruct the client to monitor for

and report to the provider?

A) Chest pressure

B) White patches on the tongue

C) Bruising

D) Insomnia

A nurse in a provider's office is assessing a client who has been taking aspirin daily

for the past year. For which of the following findings should the nurse notify the

provider immediately?

A) Hyperventilation

B) Heartburn

C) Anorexia

D) Swollen ankles

A nurse is caring for a client who has cancer and is taking oral morphine and

decussate sodium. The nurse should instruct the client that taking the decussate

sodium on a daily basis can minimize which of the following adverse effects of

morphine?

A) Constipation

B) Drowsiness

C) Facial flushing

D) Itching

A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and is receiving an IV infusion of

dopamine. Which of the following findings indicates that the medication is

effective.

A) Decreased blood pressure

B) Increased heart rate

C) Increased cardiac output

D) decreased serum potassium

A nurse is reviewing the prescriptions of a client who has tuberculosis. The nurse

should identify that which of the following medications are used to treat

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