NUR 2092 Pharm Ch 47 Lipid lowering agents Actual Questions and
Correct Answers
Q1
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
Q2
In addition to being synthesized in the liver and intestine, from where are blood lipids derived?
Answer: diet
Q3
Which lipid level would the nurse interpret as being high?
Answer: LDL cholesterol of 190 mg/dL
Q4
A patient with hyperlipidemia is prescribed ezetimibe. Which ongoing assessment should the nurse
perform during treatment?
Answer: Frequently monitor blood cholesterol
Q5
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
Q6
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
Q7
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
, Q8
What should the nurse suggest to assist a client to improve his cholesterol levels?
Answer: Smoking cessation
Q9
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
Q10
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."
Q11
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
Q12
Which single class drug is known to be most effective in reducing the major types of dyslipidemia?
Answer: Statins
Q13
What is the most serious side effect of lovastatin?
Answer: Rhabdomyolysis
Q14
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."
Q15
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
Correct Answers
Q1
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
Q2
In addition to being synthesized in the liver and intestine, from where are blood lipids derived?
Answer: diet
Q3
Which lipid level would the nurse interpret as being high?
Answer: LDL cholesterol of 190 mg/dL
Q4
A patient with hyperlipidemia is prescribed ezetimibe. Which ongoing assessment should the nurse
perform during treatment?
Answer: Frequently monitor blood cholesterol
Q5
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
Q6
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
Q7
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
, Q8
What should the nurse suggest to assist a client to improve his cholesterol levels?
Answer: Smoking cessation
Q9
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
Q10
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."
Q11
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
Q12
Which single class drug is known to be most effective in reducing the major types of dyslipidemia?
Answer: Statins
Q13
What is the most serious side effect of lovastatin?
Answer: Rhabdomyolysis
Q14
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."
Q15
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
