The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Recently Diagnosed with Hypertension.The

question 7

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 Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.

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

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