Author Question: The client asks the nurse how to control hypertension without taking medications. Which teaching ... (Read 66 times)

luvbio · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The client asks the nurse how to control hypertension without taking medications. Which teaching topics would be appropriate for the nurse to include?(Select all that apply.)

1. Increase exercise
2. Decrease sodium intake
3. Stop smoking
4. Increase weight if overweight
5. Increase intake of dietary fat

Question 2

The nurse is teaching a client about blood pressure regulation. Which would the nurse include in this teaching session as the structure that regulates blood pressure on a minute-to-minute basis?

1. The liver
2. The heart
3. The vasomotor center
4. The lungs

mirabriestensky · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1, 2, 3

Rationale 1: Increasing exercise can help control high blood pressure.
Rationale 2: Decreasing sodium intake can help control high blood pressure.
Rationale 3: Stopping smoking can help control high blood pressure.
Rationale 4:Increase weight if overweight is incorrect because the client should decrease weight if overweight.
Rationale 5:Increase intake of dietary fat is incorrect because the client should decrease dietary fat to help control high blood pressure.

Global Rationale: Increasing exercise, decreasing sodium intake, and smoking cessation can help control high blood pressure.

Answer to Question 2

3

Rationale 1: The liver is responsible for metabolism and not blood pressure.
Rationale 2: The heart is responsible for pumping of the blood.
Rationale 3: The vasomotor center regulates blood pressure on a minute-to-minute basis.
Rationale 4: The lungs are responsible for cellular respiration.

Global Rationale: The vasomotor center regulates blood pressure on a minute-to-minute basis. Blood pressure is regulated on a minute-to-minute basis by a cluster of neurons in the medulla oblongata called the vasomotor center. Nerves travel from the vasomotor center to the arteries, where the smooth muscle is directed to either constrict (raise blood pressure) or relax (lower blood pressure).