A Patient Is Started on a Diuretic for Antihypertensive Therapy

question 3

Multiple Choice

A patient is started on a diuretic for antihypertensive therapy.The nurse expects that a drug in which of the following classes is to be used initially?

• A)Loop diuretics
• B)Osmotic diuretics
• C)Thiazide diuretics
• D)Vasodilators

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