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chapter 27
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The nurse is caring for a client with malignant hypertension. What would be an appropriate nursing intervention for this client? | Monitor the blood pressure (BP) every few minutes by applying an automatic BP recording machine |
| The nurse is caring for a client who is ordered diazoxide IV to decrease blood pressure. Which nursing consideration is a priority? | Use an automatic blood pressure recording machine. |
| The client's hypertension is not well controlled, and a new blood pressure medicine is prescribed. What is important for the nurse to teach this client about the blood pressure medicine? | A possible adverse effect of blood pressure medicine is dizziness when you stand. |
| What is blood pressure? | The force produced by the volume of blood in arterial walls |
| The nurse is teaching a health class at the local community center. What body system would the nurse explain regulates arterial blood pressure? | Autonomic nervous system |
| The nurse is creating a community teaching demonstration focusing on the cause of blood pressure. When completing the visual aid, which body structures represent the mechanism of blood pressure? | Heart and blood vessels |
| " Which information does the nurse recognize as the key structure in regulating arterial blood pressure? | Kidney |
| The nurse would screen a client from which ethnic background for hypertension at an early age? | Population of African descent |
| The nurse in an oncology clinic notes that the client being treated has hypertension. What tumor is a predisposing condition for secondary hypertension? | Pheochromocytoma |
| The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with secondary hypertension. What would be a predisposing condition for this diagnosis? | Use of oral contraceptives |
| The nurse is evaluating the types of medications prescribed for a client's hypertension. Which of the following medication classifications establishes an action on vasoconstrictive hormones in the blood stream? | ACE inhibitor |
| The nurse is working on a clinical research study, obtaining data evaluating central aortic systolic pressure and brachial arm systolic pressure. The client notes a difference in the readings. Which response by the nurse is most accurate? | “The difference is due to the location of pressure measurement.” |
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