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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
  A) binding LDL to HDL.
  B) mitigating the harmful effects of atherosclerosis by promoting vasodilation.
  C) inhibiting the synthesis of cholesterol.
  D) oxidizing cholesterol to bile acids.

Question 2

An elderly, female patient with a complicated urinary tract infection was prescribed ciprofloxacin 6 days ago.
 
  The patient's nurse should consider which of the following assessment findings as a potential adverse effect of the patient's antibiotic therapy?
  A) The patient has had only one bowel movement since beginning treatment and her bowel sounds are faint.
  B) The patient has developed a cheese-like vaginal discharge with perineal erythema.
  C) The patient's gums began bleeding when the nurse provided mouth care this morning.
  D) The patient's systolic and diastolic blood pressures are 10 to 20 mmHg lower than her normal baselines.



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B





 

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