Multiple Choice
During his initial screening,the patient's blood pressure was noted to be elevated.Two months after the first assessment,he was noted to have a blood pressure of 150/92 and 166/96 at different times during the visit.It is now a month and a half later,and the nurse is concerned because the patient's initial blood pressure on this visit was 154/94.She is preparing to take a second blood pressure,understanding that another reading in this range could lead to a diagnosis of:
A) hypotension.
B) prehypertension.
C) hypertension.
D) orthostatic hypotension.
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