A client with elevated serum cholesterol has been placed on simvastatin (Zocor). The client asks a nurse how this drug will help lower cholesterol levels. What is the nurse's best re-sponse?
A. "This drug lowers LDL and triglyceride levels."
B. "This drug lowers HDL and triglyceride levels."
C. "This drug elevates LDL levels as it decreases triglyceride levels."
D. "This drug elevates HDL levels as it increases triglyceride levels."
A
The statins work to lower cholesterol by lowering LDL and triglyceride levels.
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1. The FACT system duplicates information 2. The source oriented system duplicates information 3. The FACT system documents progress in DAE format 4. The FACT system is similar to CBE and is designed to eliminate redundant and irrelevant data
Older people have many altered reactions to disease that are based on age-related physiological changes. When the nurse observes physical indicators of illness in the older population, that nurse must remember which of the following principles?
A) Potential life-threatening problems in the older adult population are not as serious as they are in a middle-aged population. B) Indicators that are useful and reliable in younger populations cannot be relied on as indications of potential life-threatening problems in older adults. C) The same physiological processes that indicate serious health care problems in a younger population indicate mild disease states in the elderly. D) Middle-aged people do not react to disease states the same as a younger population does.
A nursing student states, "When we have lecture-discussion sessions, I never know what's expected of me." The best reply by a peer would be, "I think it's our responsibility as students to
a. avoid actively disagreeing with the instructor or other students." b. make a list of questions about material we don't understand." c. listen until we're called upon to answer questions." d. use review books to check the depth of the material we're learning."
A lumbar puncture is performed on an infant suspected of having meningitis. Which finding does the nurse expect in the cerebral spinal fluid if the infant has meningitis?
1. Elevated white blood cell count 2. Elevated red blood cell count 3. Normal glucose 4. Decreased white blood cell count