ATI RN
Pharmacological Lifespan Treatment Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is preparing to teach a forgetful older adult patient about a multiple drug regimen to follow after discharge from the hospital. To help promote adherence, what will the nurse do?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
A patient calls the nurse to report that she forgot to take a combination OC pill during the third week of her cycle. She tells the nurse that she missed another pill earlier that week. The nurse will tell her to:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: For missing two pills in the third week of a 28-day cycle, the patient should take a pill immediately, finish the active pills, skip the placebo pills, and start a new pack to maintain hormone levels and minimize ovulation risk. Backup contraception isn’t needed if fewer than three pills are missed in week 3, unlike earlier weeks, making option D correct over A or C.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is teaching nursing students about the use of alpha-adrenergic antagonists. Which statement by the student indicates the *need for further teaching*?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse assesses the intravenous infusion site of a patient receiving dopamine and finds it is infiltrateThe nurse will prepare which of the following medications to treat this infiltration?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
What is the difference between physiological dependence and physical dependence?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.