A Patient Is Seen Regularly for Hypertension

question 20

Multiple Choice

A patient is seen regularly for hypertension.When he comes today for his regular appointment,he asks for a decongestant,because he has a bad head cold.What would the nurse expect the physician to do?

• A) Order a decongestant.
• B) Order an antibiotic because of the possibility of infection.
• C) He would not order a decongestant because that medication might increase the patient's hypertension.
• D) Order an expectorant and hydrate the patient.

Understand the principles and techniques of aversive conditioning and its applications.

Comprehend the mechanisms of systematic and progressive relaxation in the context of therapy.

Understand the definition and significance of planning in management.

Recognize the process and steps involved in planning.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviations

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Sample Medians

Statistical measures representing the middle value in a sample data set, dividing it into two halves when arranged in ascending or descending order.

Statistically Significant

A measure indicating that the likelihood of an observed effect occurring by chance is very low, thus suggesting a true effect.

Standard Deviations

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values from the mean of the data.