A nurse takes an adult patient's blood pressure and determines it ...

[Haya94]

A nurse takes an adult patient's blood pressure and determines it to be normal. What reading did the nurse obtain?
 
  a. Systolic pressure between 140 and 150 mm Hg
  b. Systolic pressure less than 120 mm Hg and diastolic pressure less than 80 mm Hg
  c. Systolic pressure less than 100 mm Hg re-gardless of diastolic pressure
  d. Systolic pressure greater than 140 mm Hg and a diastolic pressure of 100 mm Hg

Question 2

When a nurse checks the patient for orthostatic hypotension, what activity did the nurse have the patient engage in?
 
  a. Physical exertion
  b. Eating
  c. Standing up
  d. Lying down

[succesfull]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Normal blood pressure has a systolic pressure less than 120 mm Hg and diastolic pressure less than 80 mm Hg. A systolic pressure of 140 mm Hg or more would indicate stage I hypertension. A systolic pressure of less than 100 mm Hg would indicate low blood pressure. A diastolic pres-sure greater than 90 mm Hg would indicate hypertension.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Orthostatic hypotension refers to a drop in blood pressure when standing up, not a drop with ex-ertion, eating, or lying down.