In planning to teach about risk reduction for hypertension, the nurse would include clients who have the greatest number of risk factors, which would include:
a. Clients who have coronary artery disease.
b. Hispanic men.
c. Obese men with diabetes mellitus.
d. Postmenopausal women.
ANS: C
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