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Pharmacology Across the Lifespan ATI Questions
Question 1 of 5
A Hispanic patient informs an adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner during a wellness visit that he or she occasionally uses hot chili juice to relieve a 'nervous condition.' The patient denies any complaints related to this practice. The nurse practitioner’s response is to:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
Many practitioners believe that botanical therapies should be used in conjunction with pharmaceuticals to enhance healing by strengthening the body’s immune system to protect against infection and disease. An example of an enhanced combination is:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
A patient is receiving intravenous gentamicin. A serum drug test reveals toxic levels. The dosing is correct, and this medication has been tolerated by this patient in the past. Which could be a probable cause of the test result?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse provides teaching to a patient who will begin taking a drug with a known risk of hepatotoxicity. Which statement by the patient indicates a need for further teaching?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
An elderly client is taking a drug that is highly protein-bound (98\%). Several days later, he also begins taking a second drug that is also $98 \%$ protein-bound and competes for the same albumin binding sites. The effect of the first drug would be:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.