NUR 2092 Pharm Ch 47 Lipid Lowering
Agents Questions with Correct Answers
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After teaching a group of students about metabolic syndrome, the instructor
determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify
which characteristic? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Triglyceride level above 150 mg/dL
In addition to being synthesized in the liver and intestine, from where are
blood lipids derived? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔diet
Which lipid level would the nurse interpret as being high? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔LDL cholesterol of 190 mg/dL
A patient with hyperlipidemia is prescribed ezetimibe. Which ongoing
assessment should the nurse perform during treatment? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Frequently monitor blood cholesterol.
,What is the basis for a nurse's recommendation of a period of intensive diet
therapy and lifestyle modification before initiation of drug therapy for a
client newly diagnosed with dyslipidemia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Therapeutic
lifestyle changes are the preferred method for lowering blood lipids.
A client is taking cholestyramine and ezetimibe. What administration
guideline is most important to teach this client? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
administration of ezetimibe is 1 hour before cholestyramine.
After reviewing information about antihyperlipidemic drugs, a group of
nursing students demonstrate understanding when they identify which
medication as a fibric acid derivative (fibrate)? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Gemfibrozil
What should the nurse suggest to assist a client to improve his cholesterol
levels? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Smoking cessation
The three major classes of drugs used to control blood lipids are statins,
bile acid resins (or sequestrants), and fibrates. Which is a fibrate? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Gemfibrozil
A 39-year-old nulliparous woman has been taking atorvastatin for 2 years
and has now decided that she would like to become pregnant. What health
education should the nurse provide to this client? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔"It's
, important that you stop taking atorvastatin before you stop using
contraception."
After teaching a group of students about fats and biotransformation, the
instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students
identify what as the storage location of bile acids? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Gallbladder
Which single class drug is known to be most effective in reducing the major
types of dyslipidemia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Statins
What is the most serious side effect of lovastatin? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Rhabdomyolysis
The client receives a prescription for niacin. The nurse is providing
education about the medication and possible adverse effects. Which
adverse affect would the nurse include? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔"Some people
get very flushed skin when they take this medication."
The client has been taking rosuvastatin for hyperlipidemia. The client now
presents with severe weakness and states barely being able to move the
extremities. The nurse suspects the client has which? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔rhabdomyolysis.
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Agents Questions with Correct Answers
| New Update 100% Verified
After teaching a group of students about metabolic syndrome, the instructor
determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify
which characteristic? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Triglyceride level above 150 mg/dL
In addition to being synthesized in the liver and intestine, from where are
blood lipids derived? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔diet
Which lipid level would the nurse interpret as being high? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔LDL cholesterol of 190 mg/dL
A patient with hyperlipidemia is prescribed ezetimibe. Which ongoing
assessment should the nurse perform during treatment? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Frequently monitor blood cholesterol.
,What is the basis for a nurse's recommendation of a period of intensive diet
therapy and lifestyle modification before initiation of drug therapy for a
client newly diagnosed with dyslipidemia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Therapeutic
lifestyle changes are the preferred method for lowering blood lipids.
A client is taking cholestyramine and ezetimibe. What administration
guideline is most important to teach this client? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
administration of ezetimibe is 1 hour before cholestyramine.
After reviewing information about antihyperlipidemic drugs, a group of
nursing students demonstrate understanding when they identify which
medication as a fibric acid derivative (fibrate)? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Gemfibrozil
What should the nurse suggest to assist a client to improve his cholesterol
levels? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Smoking cessation
The three major classes of drugs used to control blood lipids are statins,
bile acid resins (or sequestrants), and fibrates. Which is a fibrate? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Gemfibrozil
A 39-year-old nulliparous woman has been taking atorvastatin for 2 years
and has now decided that she would like to become pregnant. What health
education should the nurse provide to this client? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔"It's
, important that you stop taking atorvastatin before you stop using
contraception."
After teaching a group of students about fats and biotransformation, the
instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students
identify what as the storage location of bile acids? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Gallbladder
Which single class drug is known to be most effective in reducing the major
types of dyslipidemia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Statins
What is the most serious side effect of lovastatin? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Rhabdomyolysis
The client receives a prescription for niacin. The nurse is providing
education about the medication and possible adverse effects. Which
adverse affect would the nurse include? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔"Some people
get very flushed skin when they take this medication."
The client has been taking rosuvastatin for hyperlipidemia. The client now
presents with severe weakness and states barely being able to move the
extremities. The nurse suspects the client has which? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔rhabdomyolysis.
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
