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A 46-year-old man with a high body-mass index and a sedentary lifestyle has been diagnosed with hypertension by his primary care provider after serial blood pressure readings. The clinician has opted to begin the patient on captopril (Capoten).
 
  The patient's nurse should recognize that the therapeutic effect of this drug is achieved in what way?
  A) By directly relaxing vascular smooth muscle
  B) By blocking aldosterone from binding to mineralocorticoid receptors
  C) By blocking the movement of calcium ions into arterial smooth muscles
  D) By inhibiting the transformation of angiotensin I to angiotensin II

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Prior to and following a transurethral prostatic resection (TUPR), a 73-year-old man has been scheduled to receive a total of five intravenous doses of cefazolin.
 
  Which of the following nursing diagnoses should the nurse associate with this antibiotic therapy?
  A) Risk for Seizures related to adverse drug effects
  B) Risk for Constipation related to drug effects
  C) Risk for Pain related to vascular irritation
  D) Risk for Infection related to overgrowth of nonsusceptible organisms


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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