A Client with a History of Hypertension Is Diagnosed with Chronic

question 49

Multiple Choice

A client with a history of hypertension is diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) . When the client asks the nurse how this disease developed, which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

• A)"Thickening of the kidney structures and gradual death of nephrons has led to this diagnosis."
• B)"Cysts have compressed your renal tissue and destroyed your kidneys, causing this diagnosis."
• C)"High blood pressure has reduced your renal blood flow, harming the kidney tissue and causing this diagnosis."
• D)"Immune complexes have formed in your kidney tissue, causing inflammation that has led to this diagnosis."

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