NURS 211 Midterm Exam Questions with
Correct Answers (2025-2026 Fall-Spring)
Chamberlain University
The nurse prepares discharge teaching for a client receiving isosorbide dinitrate for
treatment of angina. What information must the nurse include?
a. Limit exercise to 30 minutes twice per week.
b. Avoid alcohol consumption.
c. Monitor intake and output.
d. Report skin flushing to the physician.
avoid alcohol consumption
The nurse recognizes that the mechanism for action of beta-adrenergic blockers in
the treatment of angina is:
a. Positive chronotropic effect.
b. Negative inotropic effect.
c. Positive inotropic effect.
d. Antidysrhythmia.
,Negative inotropic effect.
The nurse recognizes that calcium channel blockers prescribed for treatment of
angina exert their effect by:
a. Increasing preload.
b. Decreasing afterload.
c. Positive chronotropic effect.
d. Positive inotropic effect.
decreasing afterload
The nurse determines that treatment of a client with a beta-adrenergic blocker for
myocardial infarction has been effective when:
a. Tachycardia occurs.
b. Blood pressure is 90/50.
c. Decreased dysrhythmias occur.
d. Decreased urinary output occurs.
decreased dsyrhythmias occur
,When a client asks how nicotinic acid (niacin) will help to treat high lipid levels,
the nurse explains that it should:
a. Increase triglyceride levels.
b. Increase VLDL levels.
c. Decrease LDL levels.
d. Decrease HDL levels.
decrease LDL levels
The nurse plans to include which of the following information in the teaching plan
of a client who is being started on a bile acid resin?
a. Limiting fluids to 1,000 mL/day
b. Limit intake of high-fiber foods to 25 grams/day
c. Take the drug with a large, high-protein meal
d. Take vitamin supplements of folic acid and fat-soluble vitamins
Take vitamin supplements of folic acid and fat-soluble vitamins
The client is admitted with a diagnosis of angina caused by coronary
arteriospasms. The nurse recognizes that this type of angina is classified as:
, a. Stable angina.
b. Classic angina.
c. Vasospastic angina.
vasospastic angina
The nurse teaches the client that the major difference between angina and pain
associated with myocardial infarction (MI) is that:
a. Angina is relieved with nitroglycerin and rest.
b. Angina can be fatal.
c. Myocardial infarction pain always radiates to the left arm or jaw.
d. Both types of pain are treated the same.
Angina is relieved with nitroglycerin and rest.
The teaching plan for a client being started on long-acting nitroglycerin includes
the action of this drug. The nurse teaches that this drug relieves chest pain by
which action?
a. Dilating just the coronary arteries
b. Decreasing the blood pressure
c. Increasing contractility of the heart
Correct Answers (2025-2026 Fall-Spring)
Chamberlain University
The nurse prepares discharge teaching for a client receiving isosorbide dinitrate for
treatment of angina. What information must the nurse include?
a. Limit exercise to 30 minutes twice per week.
b. Avoid alcohol consumption.
c. Monitor intake and output.
d. Report skin flushing to the physician.
avoid alcohol consumption
The nurse recognizes that the mechanism for action of beta-adrenergic blockers in
the treatment of angina is:
a. Positive chronotropic effect.
b. Negative inotropic effect.
c. Positive inotropic effect.
d. Antidysrhythmia.
,Negative inotropic effect.
The nurse recognizes that calcium channel blockers prescribed for treatment of
angina exert their effect by:
a. Increasing preload.
b. Decreasing afterload.
c. Positive chronotropic effect.
d. Positive inotropic effect.
decreasing afterload
The nurse determines that treatment of a client with a beta-adrenergic blocker for
myocardial infarction has been effective when:
a. Tachycardia occurs.
b. Blood pressure is 90/50.
c. Decreased dysrhythmias occur.
d. Decreased urinary output occurs.
decreased dsyrhythmias occur
,When a client asks how nicotinic acid (niacin) will help to treat high lipid levels,
the nurse explains that it should:
a. Increase triglyceride levels.
b. Increase VLDL levels.
c. Decrease LDL levels.
d. Decrease HDL levels.
decrease LDL levels
The nurse plans to include which of the following information in the teaching plan
of a client who is being started on a bile acid resin?
a. Limiting fluids to 1,000 mL/day
b. Limit intake of high-fiber foods to 25 grams/day
c. Take the drug with a large, high-protein meal
d. Take vitamin supplements of folic acid and fat-soluble vitamins
Take vitamin supplements of folic acid and fat-soluble vitamins
The client is admitted with a diagnosis of angina caused by coronary
arteriospasms. The nurse recognizes that this type of angina is classified as:
, a. Stable angina.
b. Classic angina.
c. Vasospastic angina.
vasospastic angina
The nurse teaches the client that the major difference between angina and pain
associated with myocardial infarction (MI) is that:
a. Angina is relieved with nitroglycerin and rest.
b. Angina can be fatal.
c. Myocardial infarction pain always radiates to the left arm or jaw.
d. Both types of pain are treated the same.
Angina is relieved with nitroglycerin and rest.
The teaching plan for a client being started on long-acting nitroglycerin includes
the action of this drug. The nurse teaches that this drug relieves chest pain by
which action?
a. Dilating just the coronary arteries
b. Decreasing the blood pressure
c. Increasing contractility of the heart
