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Pharm: A Patient-Centered Nursing Process Approach CH: 39 Questions & Answers Latest Update A patient is diagnosed with borderline hypertension and states a desire to make lifestyle changes to av... oid needing to take medication. The nurse will recommend which changes? a. Changing from weight bearing exercise to yoga b. Decreased fluid intake and increased potassium intake c. Stress reduction and increased protein intake d. Weight reduction and decreased sodium intake - ANS: D Weight loss decreases the stress on the heart and the afterload. Decreasing salt intake decreases the amount of retained fluid. Changing to yoga from weight-bearing exercise, limiting fluids, and increasing potassium are not indicated. Stress reduction is recommended, but increasing protein is not. A patient has a blood pressure of 135/85 mm Hg on three separate occasions. The nurse understands that this patient should be treated with a. a beta blocker. b. a diuretic and a beta blocker. c. a diuretic. d. lifestyle changes. - ANS: D Prehypertension is defined as a systolic pressure of 120 to 139 and a diastolic pressure between 80 and 89. Drug therapy is recommended if the blood pressure is greater than 20/10 over the goal, which would be 140/90. Prehypertension is generally treated first with lifestyle changes. A 65-year-old patient has a blood pressure of 155/95 mm Hg. The nurse understands that with treatment, the goal for this patient's blood pressure is a. 120/80 mm Hg b. 130/89 mm Hg c. 140/90 mm Hg d. 150/90 mm Hg [Show More]
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