The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Recently Diagnosed with Hypertension

question 10

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient recently diagnosed with hypertension. The patient asks what medications may be used to treat the condition. The nurse begins by discussing the primary antihypertensive agents, which include

• A) thiazide diuretics.
• B) angiotensin-II receptor blockers (ARBs).
• C) beta-adrenergic antagonists.
• D) direct-acting vasodilators.
• E) peripheral adrenergic antagonists.

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Cost Centre

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