When obtaining a client's vital signs, the nurse assesses a blood pressure of 134/88 mm Hg. What is the nurse's best intervention?
a. Call the health care provider and report the finding.
b. Reassess the client's blood pressure at the next yearly physical.
c. Administer an additional antihypertensive medication to the client.
d. Teach the client lifestyle modifications to decrease blood pressure.
D
Prehypertension has been designated as 120 to 139 mm Hg systolic or 80 to 89 mm Hg diastolic. These clients are at higher risk for developing hypertension. The client needs to institute dietary and activity changes to help decrease blood pressure. The reading is not high enough for the nurse to call the health care provider. No indications for administering medications are known. Because the client has prehypertension, the nurse should intervene now to help prevent the de-velopment of frank hypertension.
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