The client asks the nurse how Lipitor will help lower cholesterol. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

Question

1. Its action is not understood.
2. It makes the body excrete cholesterol quicker.
3. It binds to cholesterol and inhibits its production.
4. It interferes with how cholesterol is made.

Answer 1

Correct Answer: 4

Rationale 1: Its action is not understood is incorrect because statins inhibit how cholesterol is made.
Rationale 2: It makes the body excrete cholesterol quicker is incorrect because statins inhibit how cholesterol is made.
Rationale 3: It binds to cholesterol and inhibits its production is incorrect because statins inhibit how cholesterol is made.
Rationale 4: Statins inhibit how cholesterol is made.

Global Rationale: Statins inhibit how cholesterol is made. The action of which is not understood is incorrect because statins inhibit how cholesterol is made. Make the body excrete cholesterol quicker is incorrect because statins inhibit how cholesterol is made. Bind to cholesterol and inhibit its production is incorrect because statins inhibit how cholesterol is made.