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NUR402 Final Exam 2025 Prep Guide with 100
Questions and Correct Answers Graded A+ Seneca
College/ NUR402 - Professionhood and Knowledge
of Nursing II Final Exam Correctly Answered
Practice Questions (new!)
Non-modifiable risk factors for CAD - ...ANSWER...✓✓
Age (middle aged white men)
Gender (women)
Ethnicity (African American)
Family hx (first degree relative)
Modifiable risk factors for CAD - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Physical
inactivity (prevent w/ brisk walking for at least 30
min/day x 5 days)
Obesity
Diabetes (want Hgb A1C <7%)
Metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance d/t obesity, HTN,
and increased lipids)
Psychological stress
Substance Abuse
Tobacco use
HTN
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Elevated serum lipid levels - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Cholesterol
>200 mg/dL
Triglycerides >150 mg/dL
Low HDL
High LDL
HTN
Lipid level goals - ...ANSWER...✓✓ LDL <160 mg/dl for
those w/ minimal risk factors
LDL <70 mg/dL for those w/ multiple risk factors
Lipid lowering drug therapy - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Used when
diet and exercise are ineffective
Drugs: statins, niacin, folic acid derivatives, bile acid
sequestrants, Ezetimibe
Pravastatin/Atorvastatin - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Action: Inhibit
cholesterol synthesis, decrease LDL and triglycerides,
increase HDL
Adverse effects: liver damage, myopathy, rhabdomyolysis,
muscle cramping and pain
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Need a baseline liver function test before starting
Need to report any muscle pain to HCP
Take before bedtime
Niacin - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Action: Inhibit cholesterol
synthesis, decrease LDL and triglycerides, increase HDL
Adverse effects: flushing, pruritus, ortho hypo, GI effects
Folic acid derivative - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Lopid
Action: Decrease triglycerides and increase HDL (no
effect on LDLs)
GI side effects
Bile acid sequestrants - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Action: increase
conversion of cholesterol to bile acids
GI side effects
Ezetimibe (Zetia) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Action: decrease
absorption of dietary and biliary cholesterol
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Types of Angina - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Chronic stable angina-
includes silent ischemia
Prinzmetal's (variant) angina
Unstable angina
Chronic stable angina - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Chest pain
occurs intermittently over a long period of time with a
similar pattern of onset, duration, and intensity
Provoked by physical exertion, stress, and emotion
12 lead: ST segment depression (indicates ischemia)
Predictable pattern- drugs are taken on timed schedule
Silent ischemia - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Part of chronic stable
angina
Occurs in the absence of any symptoms (heart just isn't
receiving enough oxygenated blood)
Associated with diabetic neuropathy
12 lead: ST segment depression
Prinzmetal's (variant) angina - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Occurs at
rest or during sleep d/t coronary artery spasm
12 lead: ST segment elevation + chest pain
NUR402 Final Exam 2025 Prep Guide with 100
Questions and Correct Answers Graded A+ Seneca
College/ NUR402 - Professionhood and Knowledge
of Nursing II Final Exam Correctly Answered
Practice Questions (new!)
Non-modifiable risk factors for CAD - ...ANSWER...✓✓
Age (middle aged white men)
Gender (women)
Ethnicity (African American)
Family hx (first degree relative)
Modifiable risk factors for CAD - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Physical
inactivity (prevent w/ brisk walking for at least 30
min/day x 5 days)
Obesity
Diabetes (want Hgb A1C <7%)
Metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance d/t obesity, HTN,
and increased lipids)
Psychological stress
Substance Abuse
Tobacco use
HTN
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Elevated serum lipid levels - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Cholesterol
>200 mg/dL
Triglycerides >150 mg/dL
Low HDL
High LDL
HTN
Lipid level goals - ...ANSWER...✓✓ LDL <160 mg/dl for
those w/ minimal risk factors
LDL <70 mg/dL for those w/ multiple risk factors
Lipid lowering drug therapy - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Used when
diet and exercise are ineffective
Drugs: statins, niacin, folic acid derivatives, bile acid
sequestrants, Ezetimibe
Pravastatin/Atorvastatin - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Action: Inhibit
cholesterol synthesis, decrease LDL and triglycerides,
increase HDL
Adverse effects: liver damage, myopathy, rhabdomyolysis,
muscle cramping and pain
,3|Page
Need a baseline liver function test before starting
Need to report any muscle pain to HCP
Take before bedtime
Niacin - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Action: Inhibit cholesterol
synthesis, decrease LDL and triglycerides, increase HDL
Adverse effects: flushing, pruritus, ortho hypo, GI effects
Folic acid derivative - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Lopid
Action: Decrease triglycerides and increase HDL (no
effect on LDLs)
GI side effects
Bile acid sequestrants - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Action: increase
conversion of cholesterol to bile acids
GI side effects
Ezetimibe (Zetia) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Action: decrease
absorption of dietary and biliary cholesterol
, 4|Page
Types of Angina - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Chronic stable angina-
includes silent ischemia
Prinzmetal's (variant) angina
Unstable angina
Chronic stable angina - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Chest pain
occurs intermittently over a long period of time with a
similar pattern of onset, duration, and intensity
Provoked by physical exertion, stress, and emotion
12 lead: ST segment depression (indicates ischemia)
Predictable pattern- drugs are taken on timed schedule
Silent ischemia - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Part of chronic stable
angina
Occurs in the absence of any symptoms (heart just isn't
receiving enough oxygenated blood)
Associated with diabetic neuropathy
12 lead: ST segment depression
Prinzmetal's (variant) angina - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Occurs at
rest or during sleep d/t coronary artery spasm
12 lead: ST segment elevation + chest pain
