A student nurse asks what "essential hypertension" is. What response by the registered nurse is best?
a. "It means it is caused by another disease."
b. "It means it is 'essential' that it be treated."
c. "It is hypertension with no specific cause."
d. "It refers to severe and life-threatening hypertension."
ANS: C
Essential hypertension is the most common type of hypertension and has no specific cause such as an underlying disease process. Hypertension that is due to another disease process is called secondary hypertension. A severe, life-threatening form of hypertension is malignant hypertension.
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