Exam 37: Hypertension

The nurse points out the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)diet uses as its source of protein and fat which one of the following?

The patient who is being evaluated every week for possible hypertension is classified as prehypertensive when the blood pressure readings are over:

An 89-year-old patient is taking an antihypertensive medication.Home care teaching by the nurse would include instructing the patient to:

The cause of secondary hypertension can be a variety of conditions that include:

An 87-year-old patient is taking furosemide (Lasix)for elevated blood pressure.The nurse knows that older patients are at risk for:

The nurse understands that when a patient who is taking antihypertensive therapy complains of fatigue and has a pulse of 54 bpm,this side effect is most likely caused by:

The nurse should instruct the patient who has been started on verapamil (Calan)for his elevated blood pressure to monitor his:

The nurse questions the patient with hypertension about the symptoms of headache because hypertension headaches characteristically occur as:

The nurse encourages the patient with essential hypertension that a first-line therapeutic approach to lowering blood pressure is:

A patient is taking hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDIURIL)for hypertension.Dietary teaching would include increasing intake of:

To use less sodium in the diet,the nurse recommends the use of spices and:

In a teaching plan for a patient with hypertension,the nurse would include:

An obese 38-year-old African-American patient with diabetes is being evaluated for the use of propranolol (Inderal)in controlling his hypertension.The nurse points out that a contraindication for that drug's use in this patient would be his:

The nurse includes in a teaching plan on hypertension that treatment for essential hypertension is focused on:

The advantages of hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDIURIL)as outlined by the nurse are that this diuretic:

The nurse explains that hypertension in older adults is:

The nurse explains that treatment of secondary hypertension focuses on a:

The nurse explains that the force against which the left ventricle must work to force the blood into the circulation is called ______________________________.

Malignant hypertension is most commonly observed in:

The nurse is aware that patients who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)and asthma are not candidates for treatment with the antihypertensive drug: