NSG 6005 Week 3 Knowledge Check Quiz 2

NSG 6005 Week 3 Quiz - Question and Answers

1. Which of the following classes of drugs is contraindicated in heart failure?

2. Which of the following is true about procainamide and its dosing schedule?

3. Jose is a twelve-year-old overweight child with a total cholesterol level of 180 mg/dL and LDL of 125 mg/dL. Along with diet education and recommending increased physical activity, a treatment plan for Jose would include ____ with a reevaluation in six months.

4. Which of the following disease processes could be made worse by taking a nonselective beta blocker?

5. The treatment for vitamin B12 deficiency is:

6. Because primary hypertension has no identifiable cause, treatment is based on interfering with the physiological mechanisms that regulate blood pressure. Thiazide diuretics treat hypertension because they:

7. Jamie is a thirty-four-year-old pregnant woman with familial hyperlipidemia and elevated LDL levels. What is the appropriate treatment for a pregnant woman?

8. The New York Heart Association and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society have described grading criteria for levels of angina. Angina that occurs with unusually strenuous activity or on walking or climbing stair after meals is:

9. Patients who are being treated for folate deficiency require monitoring of:

10. An ACE inhibitor and what other class of drug may reduce proteinuria in patients with diabetes better than either drug alone?

11. First-line therapy for hyperlipidemia is:

12. In teaching about the use of sublingual nitroglycerine, the patient should be instructed:

13. Patients who have angina, regardless of class, who are also diabetic should be on:

14. Beta blockers treat hypertension because they:

15. Isosorbide dinitrate is a long-acting nitrate given twice daily (BID). The schedule for administration is 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. because:

16. Which of the following adverse effects may occur due to a dihydropyridine-type calcium channel blocker?

17. Donald has been diagnosed with hyperlipidemia. On the basis of his lipid profile, atorvastatin is prescribed. Rhabdomyolysis is a rare but serious adverse response to this drug. Donald should be told to:

18. To reduce mortality, all patients with angina, regardless of class, should be on:

19. Furosemide is added to a treatment regimen for heart failure, which includes digoxin. Monitoring for this combination includes:

20. Treatments for heart failure, including drug therapy, are based on the stages developed by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. Stage A patients are: