Exam 22: Nursing Care of Patients With Hypertension

The nurse becomes concerned that a male patient's blood pressure is 168/98 mm Hg after 6 months on antihypertensive medication.What question should the nurse ask after measuring this blood pressure?

A patient with mild hypertension is prescribed spironolactone (Aldactone).Which patient statement indicates that teaching about this medication was effective?

The nurse caring for a patient with newly diagnosed mild hypertension.Which medications should the nurse expect to be ordered for this patient?

The nurse obtains a blood pressure reading from a patient who is being treated with lifestyle modifications and drug therapy for stage 1 hypertension.Which reading indicates that the treatment is having the desired effect?

The nurse is preparing to measure a patient's blood pressure.What should the nurse do to ensure that the reading obtained is accurate? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is planning care for a group of patients.Which individual should the nurse identify as being at the highest risk for developing hypertension?

The nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a 76-year-old patient with hypertension.Which guideline should be used when following physician orders to treat elevated blood pressure?

The nurse is reinforcing teaching provided to a patient on the pathophysiology of hypertension.Which patient statement indicates understanding of this teaching?

The nurse is measuring blood pressures at a screening clinic.For which blood pressure reading should the nurse provide the patient with instructions for follow-up in 2 months?

The nurse is reinforcing teaching provided to a patient with hypertension.Which food should the nurse include if the patient is prescribed a diet low in cholesterol and saturated fat?

The nurse is caring for a patient with stage 1 hypertension.Which medication should the nurse expect to be prescribed for this patient?

The nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving furosemide (Lasix)for treatment of hypertension.Which laboratory test should the nurse carefully monitor?

The nurse is reinforcing teaching for a patient with hypertension.Which activity should the nurse include to help control hypertension?

The nurse is reinforcing teaching provided to a patient about the complications of hypertension.Which organ should the patient state is at risk of damage from hypertension?

The nurse is monitoring a patient with a hypertensive urgency.Which manifestation should the nurse expect to find?

A patient who has unsuccessfully implemented lifestyle modifications for high blood pressure asks what else can be done.What should the nurse respond to this patient?

The nurse is caring for a patient in hypertensive emergency.What should the nurse expect to be the goal when treatment is provided for this patient?

The nurse determines that teaching provided to a patient about the medication bumetanide (Bumex)was not effective.What did the patient say that caused the nurse to come to this conclusion?

The nurse is measuring blood pressures during a screening clinic.Which participant statement indicates that teaching about blood pressure has been effective?

The nurse provides dietary teaching to a patient who is prescribed bumetanide (Bumex).Which food should the patient name as important to ingest while taking this medication?