NUR 226 EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. The nurse understands in most cases of combined systolic and diastolic
hypertension with no known cause would be documented as which type of
hypertension?
a. primary
b. secondary
c. congenital
d. acquired: a. primary
2. The nurse is taking an adult client's blood pressure and determines it to be normal.
Which reading would the nurse document?
a. 120/90 mm Hg
b. 120/80 mm Hg
c. 140/90 mm Hg
d. 97/66 mm Hg: d. 97/66 mm Hg
3. When a client is diagnosed with atherosclerosis, the nurse is primarily con- cerned with
which vessels?
a. lower extremity veins
b. lower extremity arteries
c. coronary arteries
d. pulmonary veins: c. coronary arteries
4. The nurse is teaching a client about atherosclerosis. Which statement would be included
in the teaching?
a. There is no treatment for this condition.
b. This disease begins with an injury to the endothelial cells.
c. This disease affects arteries and veins.
d. Increased levels of HDL's can lead to this disease.: b. This disease begins with an injury to the endothelial
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, cells.
5. A client is diagnosed with atherosclerosis. Which modifiable risk factors does the nurse
see in the client's history?
a. Smoking cigarettes
b. Age 56 years
c. Male gender
d. Eating lean meats: a. Smoking cigarettes
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1. The nurse understands in most cases of combined systolic and diastolic
hypertension with no known cause would be documented as which type of
hypertension?
a. primary
b. secondary
c. congenital
d. acquired: a. primary
2. The nurse is taking an adult client's blood pressure and determines it to be normal.
Which reading would the nurse document?
a. 120/90 mm Hg
b. 120/80 mm Hg
c. 140/90 mm Hg
d. 97/66 mm Hg: d. 97/66 mm Hg
3. When a client is diagnosed with atherosclerosis, the nurse is primarily con- cerned with
which vessels?
a. lower extremity veins
b. lower extremity arteries
c. coronary arteries
d. pulmonary veins: c. coronary arteries
4. The nurse is teaching a client about atherosclerosis. Which statement would be included
in the teaching?
a. There is no treatment for this condition.
b. This disease begins with an injury to the endothelial cells.
c. This disease affects arteries and veins.
d. Increased levels of HDL's can lead to this disease.: b. This disease begins with an injury to the endothelial
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, cells.
5. A client is diagnosed with atherosclerosis. Which modifiable risk factors does the nurse
see in the client's history?
a. Smoking cigarettes
b. Age 56 years
c. Male gender
d. Eating lean meats: a. Smoking cigarettes
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