NUR 226 Exam 2 – Nursing Leadership & Management Practice Questions and
Study Guide
The nurse understand in most cases of combined systolic and diastolic hypertension with no
known cause would be documented as which type of hypertension?
a. congenital
b.primary
c.secondary
d.acquired - correct answer ✔✔b.primary
(an unknown cause is primary hypertension)
The nurse is taking an adult client's blood pressure and determine it to be normal. Which
reading would the nurse document?
a. 97/66
b. 140/90
c. 120/80
d.120/90 - correct answer ✔✔a. 97/66
( normal adult BP is below 120/80)
when a client is diagnosed atherosclerosis, the nurse primarily concerned with which vessels?
a. lower extremity arteries
b.pulmonary veins
c.lower extremity veins
d. coronary arteries - correct answer ✔✔d.coronary arteries (atherosclerosis does not affect
veins)
, the nurse is teaching a client about atherosclerosis. which statement would be included in the
teaching?
a. there is no treatment for this condition
b. this disease affects arteries and veins
c. increased levels of HDL's can lead to this disease
d. this disease begins with an injury to the endothelial cells - correct answer ✔✔d. this disease
begins with an injury to the endothelial cells
a client is diagnosed with atherosclerosis. which modifiable risk factors does the nurse see in
the client's history?
a. smoking cigarettes
b. eating lean meats
c. 56 y/o
d. male gender - correct answer ✔✔a. smoking cigarettes
(only modifiable risk factor, diet is modifiable but not a risk factor)
the nurse understands that foam cells in a fatty streak are what?
a.injured neutrophils
b.lipid-laden mast cells
c. deposited adipose cells
d. macrophages that engulf LDL - correct answer ✔✔d. macrophages that engulf LDL
a client is taking an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor to lower cholesterol. the nurse knows to
monitor the client closely for the development of which problem?
a. pulmonary problems
b. vitamin C deficiency
c. liver dysfunction
Study Guide
The nurse understand in most cases of combined systolic and diastolic hypertension with no
known cause would be documented as which type of hypertension?
a. congenital
b.primary
c.secondary
d.acquired - correct answer ✔✔b.primary
(an unknown cause is primary hypertension)
The nurse is taking an adult client's blood pressure and determine it to be normal. Which
reading would the nurse document?
a. 97/66
b. 140/90
c. 120/80
d.120/90 - correct answer ✔✔a. 97/66
( normal adult BP is below 120/80)
when a client is diagnosed atherosclerosis, the nurse primarily concerned with which vessels?
a. lower extremity arteries
b.pulmonary veins
c.lower extremity veins
d. coronary arteries - correct answer ✔✔d.coronary arteries (atherosclerosis does not affect
veins)
, the nurse is teaching a client about atherosclerosis. which statement would be included in the
teaching?
a. there is no treatment for this condition
b. this disease affects arteries and veins
c. increased levels of HDL's can lead to this disease
d. this disease begins with an injury to the endothelial cells - correct answer ✔✔d. this disease
begins with an injury to the endothelial cells
a client is diagnosed with atherosclerosis. which modifiable risk factors does the nurse see in
the client's history?
a. smoking cigarettes
b. eating lean meats
c. 56 y/o
d. male gender - correct answer ✔✔a. smoking cigarettes
(only modifiable risk factor, diet is modifiable but not a risk factor)
the nurse understands that foam cells in a fatty streak are what?
a.injured neutrophils
b.lipid-laden mast cells
c. deposited adipose cells
d. macrophages that engulf LDL - correct answer ✔✔d. macrophages that engulf LDL
a client is taking an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor to lower cholesterol. the nurse knows to
monitor the client closely for the development of which problem?
a. pulmonary problems
b. vitamin C deficiency
c. liver dysfunction
