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A nurse is assessing the blood pressure of a client diagnosed with primary hypertension.  The nurse ensures accurate measurement by avoiding which of the following? 

A client suddenly stops antihypertensive medications.  What rebound effect may occur?  

A client’s physician prescribes a nuclear cardiography and makes an appointment for a thallium scan.  The purpose of injecting radioisotope into the bloodstream is to detect: 

When there is a narrowing of the arteries and arterioles, peripheral vascular resistance:  

When providing health education regarding hypertension, the nurse stresses that hypertension:  

A nurse is assisting in performing an arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis on a client.  The nurse prepares to initiate which of the following after the blood gas specimen is drawn? 

Which of the following blood test is most indicative of cardiac damage?  

The heart sound lubb is heard when the:  

An adult who has cholecystitis reports clay-colored stools and moderate jaundice.  The nurse knows that which is the best explanation for the presence of clay-colored stools and jaundice? 

The nurse would be correct in explaining to a client that when the physician referred to her type of disorder as essential hypertension, it means that: