ATI RN Pharmacology Proctored Exam 2021 , RN ATI Pharmacology Proctored Exam 2021

ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED EXAM

1.   A nurse is caring for a client who is to receive 1,500 mL of 0.9% sodiumchloride IV over8 hours. The nurse plans to use IV tubing with a drop factor of 10gtt/mL.

How many gtt/min of IV fluid should the client receive? (Round your answertothe nearest wholenumber).

31gtt/min

2.   A nurse is admitting a client to a long-term care facility. While reconcilingthe medication prescribed at home with those prescribed in the facility, the nursediscovers a discrepancy in thedosages. Which action should the nursetake? o Clarify the medication dosages with theprovider.

o   Change the prescribed medication dosages to reconcile thediscrepancy oContact the pharmacist regarding the dosagediscrepancies

o  Ask a family member to verify the medicationdosages

3.   A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving a fentanyl transdermalsystem(Duragesic). What is important to document in the client’srecord?

o   Fluidintake o Skinintegrity

o   Respiratoryrate oPulserate

4.   A nurse is caring for a client who has acute angina and has a prescription fornitroglycerin. Whichof the following is an appropriate intervention for the nurse totake whenadministering thismedication?

o   Massage the nitroglycerin ointment completely into theskin. oReplace the nitroglycerin transdermal patch every 4hours.

o  Administer a sustained nitroglycerin tabletorally.

o  Administer a nitroglycerin tablet sublingually every 5minutes.

5.   A nurse is assessing a school age client who is experiencing seizure activity and isprescribed diazepam (Valium) IV. The nurse should should clarify the order if the client is receivinga continuousinfusion of which of the followingIV:

o  Lactated Ringerssolution

o   0.9% Sodium chloride with 100 units of regularinsulin o0.9% sodiumchloride

o  0.9% Sodium chloride with 20 mEq of potassiumchloride

o A nurse is providing discharge dietary teaching to a client who has a something and is taking medicationtheophylline and to provide general instructions the nurse should include?

Avoid caffeinated beverages