NURS 6521 Week 3 Quiz 2 Questions and
Answers
NURS 6521 Week 3 Quiz 2 Questions and Answers
1. A nurse is the cardiac care unit is preparing to hang an
intravenous dose of dofetilide (Tikosyn) for a patient who has
just been admitted. What is the most likely goal of this
intervention? NURS 6521 Week 3 Quiz 2 Questions and
Answers
2. The nurse is performing patient education for a woman who
will soon begin treatment of hyperlipidemia with simvastatin
(Zocor). The patient has asked the nurse if there are any “bad
side effects” that she should be aware of. Which of the
following statements should underlie the nurse’s response?
NURS 6521 Week 3 Quiz 2 Questions and Answers
3. A 77-year-old patient has a long-standing history of
hypertension, a health problem that is being treated with
metoprolol and a thiazide diuretic. Before administering the 8
AM dose of these medications, what assessments should the
nurse perform and document? (Select all that apply.)
4. Several months of treatment with a statin accompanied by
lifestyle modifications have failed to appreciably improve a
patient’s cholesterol levels. Consequently, the patient has
been prescribed cholestyramine. The nurse should recognize
that this drugs achieves its therapeutic effect by … NURS 6521
Week 3 Quiz 2 Questions and Answers