The Nurse Is Teaching a Client with Elevated LDL Cholesterol

question 12

Multiple Choice

The nurse is teaching a client with elevated LDL cholesterol and decreased HDL cholesterol about strategies to manage this disorder.The client asks the nurse why there is a difference in the direction of change in the goals for altering HDL versus LDL cholesterol.Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

• A)"It is most important to increase HDL cholesterol,and if we can reduce LDL cholesterol also,that might be of some help."
• B)"We want to reduce HDL cholesterol and increase LDL cholesterol because these changes will protect you against atherosclerosis."
• C)"We want to increase HDL cholesterol,which helps rid the body of excess cholesterol,and to decrease LDL cholesterol,which carries excess cholesterol to the body tissue to be stored."
• D)"I think you have misunderstood what I have told you,since we want both values to be reduced."

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Definitions:

Deformation

The alteration of the shape or size of rocks due to stress or strain, including processes like folding, faulting, and shearing.

Subsidence

The sinking or settling of the Earth's surface, often due to natural geological processes or human activities.

Uplift

A process that causes regions of the Earth's surface to rise due to structural changes in the Earth's crust or mantle.

Continental Crust

The thick, buoyant part of the Earth's crust that forms the continents, contrasted with the denser oceanic crust.