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A Patient Is Admitted to the Critical Care Unit with VS

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A patient is admitted to the critical care unit with VS: BP 220/110,P 108,RR 24,T 103F,and O2 sat 94% on oxygen 2L/NC.The patient is responsive and denies chest pain.The physician has ordered a workup for CAD.The nurse expects the admitting diagnosis to be which of the following?


A) Hypotension
B) Prehypertension
C) Stage 1 hypertension
D) Stage 2 hypertension

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