Author Question: A client has hypertension and high risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The client is ... (Read 124 times)

go.lag · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

A client has hypertension and high risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The client is overwhelmed with the recommended lifestyle changes. What action by the nurse is best?

a. Assess the client's support system.
b. Assist in finding one change the client can control.
c. Determine what stressors the client faces in daily life.
d. Inquire about delegating some of the client's obligations.

Question 2

A nurse is interested in providing community education and screening on hypertension. In order to reach a priority population, to what target audience should the nurse provide this service?

a. African-American churches
b. Asian-American groceries
c. High school sports camps
d. Women's health clinics

yeungji · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
All options are appropriate when assessing stress and responses to stress. However, this client feels overwhelmed by the suggested lifestyle changes. Instead of looking at all the needed changes, the nurse should assist the client in choosing one the client feels optimistic about controlling. Once the client has mastered that change, he or she can move forward with another change. Determining support systems, daily stressors, and delegation opportunities does not directly impact the client's feelings of control.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
African Americans in the United States have one of the highest rates of hypertension in the world. The nurse has the potential to reach this priority population by providing services at African-American churches. Although hypertension education and screening are important fo