Antihypertensive Quiz: Can You Lower BP Safely?

1. A patient on lisinopril develops a persistent dry cough. What is the most appropriate nursing action?

Discontinue the medication immediately

Report to the provider; consider switching to an ARB

Increase the dose to improve efficacy

Reassure the patient it will resolve within days

2. Which electrolyte abnormality is most commonly associated with potassium-sparing diuretics?

Hypokalemia

Hyperkalemia

Hyponatremia

Hypercalcemia

3. ACE inhibitors are contraindicated in which patient population?

Pregnancy

Diabetes mellitus

Coronary artery disease

Asthma

4. A patient on hydralazine reports headache, palpitations, and tachycardia. This suggests which adverse effect?

Hypertensive crisis

Reflex tachycardia from vasodilation

Acute kidney injury

Lupus-like syndrome

5. Clonidine, a central alpha-2 agonist, causes sedation and dry mouth as common side effects. True or False?

True

False

6. Which antihypertensive is preferred in hypertensive patients with concurrent benign prostatic hyperplasia?

Alpha-1 blocker

Beta-blocker

Thiazide diuretic

Central alpha-2 agonist

7. A patient develops angioedema while taking an ACE inhibitor. What is the appropriate action?

Continue the medication; monitor closely

Reduce the dose by half

Discontinue immediately; do not use ARBs

Switch to a different ACE inhibitor

8. Which antihypertensive is most appropriate for a hypertensive patient with concurrent chronic kidney disease?

ACE inhibitor or ARB

Loop diuretic

Hydralazine

Methyldopa

9. Thiazide diuretics can worsen glucose control in diabetic patients. True or False?

True

False

10. Calcium channel blockers work by blocking calcium influx into vascular smooth muscle cells, causing vasodilation. True or False?

True

False

11. Which of the following is a contraindication to beta-blocker use?

Hypertension with tachycardia

Acute decompensated heart failure

Post-myocardial infarction

Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response

12. Which antihypertensive class works by blocking angiotensin II formation?

ACE inhibitors

Beta-blockers

Calcium channel blockers

Thiazide diuretics

13. Loop diuretics are preferred over thiazides for hypertension management in patients with normal renal function. True or False?

True

False

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15. A patient on a thiazide diuretic reports muscle weakness and cramping. What laboratory value should be checked first?

Serum sodium

Serum potassium

Serum glucose

Serum creatinine

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17. Vasodilators like minoxidil are typically reserved for resistant hypertension and used with beta-blockers and diuretics. True or False?

True

False

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Antihypertensive Quiz: Can You Lower BP Safely?

1. A patient on lisinopril develops a persistent dry cough. What is the most appropriate nursing action?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Which electrolyte abnormality is most commonly associated with potassium-sparing diuretics?

3. ACE inhibitors are contraindicated in which patient population?

4. A patient on hydralazine reports headache, palpitations, and tachycardia. This suggests which adverse effect?

5. Clonidine, a central alpha-2 agonist, causes sedation and dry mouth as common side effects. True or False?

6. Which antihypertensive is preferred in hypertensive patients with concurrent benign prostatic hyperplasia?

7. A patient develops angioedema while taking an ACE inhibitor. What is the appropriate action?

8. Which antihypertensive is most appropriate for a hypertensive patient with concurrent chronic kidney disease?

9. Thiazide diuretics can worsen glucose control in diabetic patients. True or False?

10. Calcium channel blockers work by blocking calcium influx into vascular smooth muscle cells, causing vasodilation. True or False?

11. Which of the following is a contraindication to beta-blocker use?

12. Which antihypertensive class works by blocking angiotensin II formation?

13. Loop diuretics are preferred over thiazides for hypertension management in patients with normal renal function. True or False?

14. ARBs block the effects of angiotensin II at the ____ receptor.

15. A patient on a thiazide diuretic reports muscle weakness and cramping. What laboratory value should be checked first?

16. Long-term use of hydralazine can cause a lupus-like syndrome. This is more common with doses exceeding ____ mg/day.

17. Vasodilators like minoxidil are typically reserved for resistant hypertension and used with beta-blockers and diuretics. True or False?

18. When combining an ACE inhibitor with a potassium-sparing diuretic, baseline and periodic monitoring of serum ____ is essential.

19. Alpha-1 blockers like doxazosin cause vasodilation by blocking ____ receptors on vascular smooth muscle.

20. Beta-blockers lower blood pressure primarily by decreasing ____.