created by the difference in the pressure of the blood as it leaves the heart and the resistance it meets flowing out to the tissues.
What is blood pressure?
100
mechanism of action is to block the conversion of angiotensin 1 to angiotensin 2,(a potent vasoconstrictor) promotes fluid and sodium loss, and decrease peripheral vascular resistance.
What is ACE inhibitors?
100
These 4 lifestyle modifications for a client at risk for hypertension can be made to reduce the likelihood of becoming hypertensive?
What is cease cigarette smoking, control weight, exercise regularly, and maintain low fat low cholesterol diet?
100
When a client is taking furosemide this is the type of food the client should be encouraged to eat.
What is potassium rich foods?
100
The nurse finds kidney disease in the client history and understands this is a risk factor of this disorder.
What is secondary hypertension?
200
reflects arterial pressure during ventricular relaxation.
What is diastolic blood pressure?
200
This medication works by promoting sodium and water excretion, thus reduce circulating blood volume.
What is furosemide?
200
Bradycardia is a heart rate below___bpm, and tachycardia is defined as a heart rate above________bpm.
What is 60 bpm, and 100 bpm ?
200
Reinforce client teaching about this side effect of an ACE inhibitor which will need to be reported to the provider, and the medication should be discontinued.
What is a cough?
200
assessment data includes blurred vision, dizziness, disoriented, and a b/p 240/130
What is hypertensive crisis?
300
This chemical is released by the kidneys to raise BP and increase vascular fluid volume in response to renal hypo perfusion.
What is renin?
300
The nurse is administering the prescribed labetalol to a client today for hypertension, and upon assessment notes apical heart rate of 49. The nurse understands she should?
What is hold the medication and contact the provider?
300
________________refers to the loss of elasticity or hardening of the arteries that accompanies the aging process.
What is arteriosclerosis?
300
client is on spironolactone (Aldactone) 25mg/day and likes to eat a lot of bananas, what is the best intervention?
What is instruct them to avoid these types of foods due to the increase in hyperkalemia, spironolactone is a potassium sparing medication.
300
hypertension can have few or no symptoms, but the nurse will assess for these symptoms in a client.
What is headaches in the morning, dizziness, fainting, retinal changes, visual disturbances, and nocturia.
400
This electrolyte if elevated may cause increase in BP due to increasing the clients blood volume.
What is sodium level?
400
Will alter the movement of calcium ions through the cell membrane, causing vasodilation, and lowering of the blood pressure.
What is calcium channel blockers?
400
Sustained elevated blood pressure with no known cause and is about 95% of cases.
What is essential hypertension?
400
The nurse has to give metoprolol (Lopressor) what nursing intervention should be done prior to giving this medication?
What is obtain a blood pressure and pulse?
400
the client has a history of smoking, obesity, and physical activity, the nurse understands these to be this.
What is a risk factor for essential hypertension?
500
When these are properly functioning they either retain fluid when a client is hypotensive or excrete fluid when a client is hypertensive.
What is kidneys?
500
The nursing considerations for furosemide are ____, ____ & ____.
What is weight client daily, measure intake and output, and monitor serum potassium level?
500
The nurse knows prehypertension is a systolic blood pressure of _____ and _____.
What is 120-139mmHg?
500
the client has a b/p of 180/120, what should the nurse do immediately?
What is report to the provider the reading?
500
a diet high in ____ and ____is a modifiable risk factor for hypertension.