As the nurse is preparing a community education plan regarding high blood pressure, he knows that which of the following may impact the information that is shared?
1. When taking ACE inhibitors, African Americans have a higher incidence of significant side effects, such as angioedema.
2. Undergoing Westernization by American Indians helps them reduce their incidence of high blood pressure.
3. There is no difference in the incidence of hypertension across the United States.
4. Caucasian Americans have a higher incidence of complications from high blood pressure.
When taking ACE inhibitors, African Americans have a higher incidence of significant side effects, such as angioedema.
Rationale: African Americans have up to four times the risk of Caucasians in experiencing angioedema and cough from ACE inhibitors. Westernization by American Indians increases—not lowers—their incidence of high blood pressure. There are regional differences for high blood pressure within the United States. African Americans are more likely to experience complications from high blood pressure.
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