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ATI PHARMACOLOGY CARDIOVASCULAR
TEST BANK 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
The nurse provides medication instructions to an older
hypertensive client who is taking 20 mg of lisinopril (Prinivil)
orally daily. The nurse evaluates the need for further teaching
when the client makes which statement? - ANSWER- "I can
skip a dose once a week."
The nurse is caring for a child with heart failure and provides
instructions to the mother regarding the procedure for
administration of the prescribed digoxin (Lanoxin). Which
statement by the mother indicates a need for further teaching? -
ANSWER- "I can mix the medication with food."
A client has a prescription for niacin. The nurse determines that
the client understands the importance of this therapy if the client
verbalizes the importance of which periodic monitoring? -
ANSWER- The serum cholesterol level
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A client with heart failure is being discharged to home and will
be taking furosemide (Lasix). The nurse determines that
teaching has been effective if the client makes which statement?
- ANSWER- "I will weigh myself every day."
The nurse is reviewing the health care provider's prescription
sheet for the preoperative client, which states that the client must
be on nothing by mouth (NPO) status after midnight. The nurse
should clarify whether which medication should be given to the
client rather than withheld? - ANSWER- Atenolol (Tenormin)
A client is being discharged home, and the health care provider
has prescribed spironolactone (Aldactone) for the client. The
nurse reinforces instructions to the client about the medication.
Which statement by the client indicates a need for further
teaching by the nurse? - ANSWER- "I know I need to eat foods
that are high in potassium because of the diuretic effect of the
medication."
A health care provider (HCP) writes a prescription for digoxin
(Lanoxin), 0.25 mg daily. The nurse teaches the client about the
medication and tells the client that it is important to do which? -
ANSWER- Withhold the medication and call the HCP if the
pulse is less than 60 beats per minute.
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A client has arrived at the emergency department complaining
of weakness, an irregular heartbeat, and lethargy. The nurse is
attempting to discover what caused these symptoms. The nurse
asks the client "Have you been prescribed any new
medications?" The client tells the nurse "About 2 weeks ago I
was prescribed a drug to make me pee, but I don't know the
name." The nurse determines that the client is referring to which
medication? - ANSWER- Furosemide (Lasix)
The nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching to the client who
was given a prescription for nifedipine (Adalat) for blood
pressure management. Which instructions should the nurse
reinforce?
Select all that apply. - ANSWER- -"Take pulse rate each day."
-"Weigh at the same time each day."
-"Palpitations may occur early in therapy."
-"Be careful when rising from sitting to standing."
A child is being sent home on digoxin (Lanoxin) after being
diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. The medication needs
to be given once a day. Which should the nurse reinforce in the
teaching plan for the family? - ANSWER- "Give the medication
in the morning 20 to 30 minutes before a feeding."
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Clients who are given a prescription for sildenafil (Viagra)
should be taught that a potentially fatal medication interaction
can occur with which medication? - ANSWER- Nitroglycerin
(Nitrostat)
The nurse is assisting in monitoring a client who received
hydralazine hydrochloride (Apresoline) to treat autonomic
dysreflexia. Which finding accurately indicates that the
medication is effective? - ANSWER- Blood pressure declines.
The home health care nurse is visiting a client with elevated
triglyceride levels and a serum cholesterol level of 398 mg/dL.
The client is taking cholestyramine (Questran). Which statement
made by the client indicates the need for further teaching? -
ANSWER- "I'll continue my nicotinic acid from the health food
store."
A client is being discharged with a prescription for propranolol
(Inderal). When reinforcing instructions to the client about the
medication, the nurse should include which information? -
ANSWER- Medication should be withheld if the pulse rate
drops below 60 beats per minute.
Heparin sodium is prescribed for the client. Which laboratory
result indicates that the heparin is prescribed at a therapeutic
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