A Client Has Been Diagnosed with Hypertension but Does Not

question 16

Multiple Choice

A client has been diagnosed with hypertension but does not take the antihypertensive medications because of a lack of symptoms.What response by the nurse is best?

• A) "Do you have trouble affording your medications?"
• B) "Most people with hypertension do not have symptoms."
• C) "You are lucky; most people get severe morning headaches."
• D) "You need to take your medicine or you will get kidney failure."

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