Author Question: A nurse is providing education on blood pressure during a community function. Someone in the ... (Read 57 times)

altibaby · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A nurse is providing education on blood pressure during a community function. Someone in the audience asks where the baroreceptors that monitor blood pressure are located. The nurse's correct response would be to identify what part of the body?

a. The brachial artery in the upper arm
b. The adrenal glands at the kidneys
c. The heart at the aortic arch
d. The renal glomerulus

Question 2

A patient who has a history of hypertension presents to the emergency department and complains of slight chest pain, rating the pain as a 4 on a scale of 0 to 10;

the blood pressure is 149/92, pulse 138/minute, respirations 24/minute, and temperature 99.0 F. The nurse should anticipate that the prescriber would order what class of medication specifically to lower the heart rate?
a. Sympathomimetic agent
b. Parasympathetic antagonist
c. Parasympathetic inhibitor
d. Sympathetic antagonist

bigcheese9 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The baroreceptors are located in the aortic arch of the heart.
The baroreceptors are not located in the brachial artery, the adrenal glands, or the renal glomerulus.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
A sympathetic antagonist would block the effects of the sympathetic nervous system and, as a result, lower the heart rate.
A sympathomimetic results in an increase in the heart rate, because it produces a mimicking of the sympathetic nervous system.
A parasympathetic antagonist blocks the effects of the parasympathetic nervous system, thus increasing the heart rate.
A parasympathetic inhibitor would also block the effects of the parasympathetic nervous system, thus increasing the heart rate.