A client's blood pressure is 138/86 mm Hg. The nurse classifies this client's blood pressure as which of the following categories?
1. Normal
2. Prehypertension
3. Stage I hypertension
4. Stage II hypertension
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Rationale 1: Normal blood pressures are less than 120 (systolic) and less than 80 (diastolic).
Rationale 2: This blood pressure is classified as prehypertension because it is between 130 and 139 (systolic) and 80 and 89 (diastolic).
Rationale 3: Blood pressures falling into this category are those between 140 and 159 (systolic) or those between 90 and 99 (diastolic).
Rationale 4: Blood pressures falling into this category are those greater than or equal to 160 (systolic) or greater than 100 (diastolic).
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