A patient with a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease is taking atorvastatin calcium (Lipitor) to reduce serum cholesterol. What is the goal of therapy for LDL cholesterol for a patient taking atorvastatin calcium (Lipitor)?
A) 100 to 115 mg/dL
B) 75 to 85 mg/dL
C) Less than 60 mg/dL
D) Less than 100 mg/dL
D
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In patients with a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, the goal of therapy is an LDL below 100 mg/dL.
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The nurse administers an annual flu vaccination to an older patient who asks if they need the pneumonia vaccination too. What is the nurse's best response?
1. "Pneumonia can develop as a complication of the flu." 2. "Everyone needs a flu vaccination and pneumococcal vaccination annually." 3. "Older people should receive either the influenza or the pneumococcal vaccine annually." 4. "Two pneumococcal vaccinations, one year apart, are recommended for persons over the age of 65.
Consider the method of sample recruitment in the Lodewijckx et al (2013) study and the extent to which sample bias could have affected the findings. What different recruitment strategies could have been used to improve sample representativeness?
What will be an ideal response?
A patient is being treated with chloramphenicol (Chloromycetin) for an infection that has not responded to other antibacterial agents. A blood sample is drawn for determination of a serum trough level of the drug
The level is reported as 15 mcg/mL. The nurse's priority action is to a. administer the drug as scheduled. b. request that the laboratory perform a confirming test. c. withhold the drug and notify the prescriber. d. expect the prescriber to increase the dose for subsequent administrations.