ATI Advanced Pharmacology Final Proctored Exam

A patient is diagnosed with borderline hypertension and states a desire to make lifestyle changes to avoid needing to take medication.The nurse advises:

A nurse is caring for a six-year-old child who had surgery that morning.The child is awake and lying very still in bed.What should the nurse do?

What action does the nurse take during the intervention stage of the nursing process related to drug therapy? (Select all that apply)

Antitussive agents should be used with caution in patients who have a history of addiction.

Identify one indicator for a narcotics antagonist to be prescribed.

A patient is admitted to the emergency department with severe recurrent convulsive seizures.Would the nurse expect to order for the use in emergency control of status epileptic?

You are caring for a patient who takes an antiarrhythmic agent.What would be the priority nursing assessment before administering this drug?

Which of the following is an adverse reaction to topical nasal steroid?

The nurse teaches the patient receiving propranolol (Inderal) at home for management of ventricular arrhythmias to monitor what parameter?

The patient asks the nurse what atorvastatin (Lipitor) newly prescribed will do. What's the expected outcome the nurse will describe?

The nurse is taking a health history on a 38-year-old man who is taking atorvastatin (Lipitor) for high cholesterol.What will the nurse query specifically related to the safety of this drug?

A patient asked the nurse what cardiac glycosides do to improve his condition.What is the nurse's best response?

Ask the nurse to explain the type of angina he is experiencing.The nurse explains the pain is due to the imbalance of myocardial supply.

What class of antiarrhythmic drugs blocks potassium channels prolonging phase 3 of the action potential and slowing the rate and conduction of the heart?

What drug would the nurse administer to treat a patient diagnosed with bronchospasm associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?

The nursing instructor asks the student nurse to explain the action of sumatriptan.What is the student's best response?

What drug might the nurse administer to achieve both analgesic and antitussive effects?

The nurse evaluates an improvement in the patient’s heart failure (HF) status based on what assessment finding?

What is the action of ergotamine?

The nurse is preparing to care for a patient who has myasthenia gravis.The nurse will be alert to symptoms affecting which body system in the patient?

The nurse discovers a patient receiving warfarin is bleeding.What drug would the nurse prepare to counteract this drug?

The nurse is teaching a group of parents about the use of syrup of ipecac.Which instruction will the nurse provide?

The nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving a high dose of intravenous azithromycin to treat an infection.The patient is also taking acetaminophen for pain.The nurse should expect to review whi

The nurse admits a patient to the unit and learns the patient has recently been diagnosed with chronic renal failure but has not informed the primary care provider of this diagnosis.What is the nurse’

After completing a course on pharmacology for nurses, what will the nurse know?