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▪ Lovastatin

▪ Pitavastatin
▪ Pravastatin
▪ Rosuvastatin
▪ Simvastatin

Box 53-20

Other Antilipemic Medications

▪ Cholestyramine
▪ Colesevelam
▪ Colestipol
▪ Ezetimibe
▪ Lomitapide
▪ Fenofibrate
▪ Gemfibrozil
▪ Nicotinic acid

Practice Questions

625. A client with atrial fibrillation is receiving a continuous heparin infusion at
1000 units/hr. The nurse determines that the client is receiving the
therapeutic effect based on which results?
1. Prothrombin time of 12.5 seconds
2. Activated partial thromboplastin time of 28 seconds
3. Activated partial thromboplastin time of 60 seconds
4. Activated partial thromboplastin time longer than 120 seconds
626. The nurse provides discharge instructions to a client with atrial fibrillation
who is taking warfarin sodium. Which statement, by the client, reflects the
need for further teaching?
1. “I will avoid alcohol consumption.”
2. “I will take my pills every day at the same time.”
3. “I have already called my family to pick up a MedicAlert
bracelet.”
4. “I will take coated aspirin for my headaches because it will coat
my stomach.”
627. A client who is receiving digoxin daily has a serum potassium level of
3 mEq/L (3 mmol/L) and reports anorexia. The health care provider
prescribes a serum digoxin level to be done. The nurse checks the results and
should recognize which level that is outside of the therapeutic range?
1. 0.5 ng/mL (0.63 nmol/L)
2. 0.8 ng/mL (1.02 nmol/L)

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