The nurse is alert to which of the following factors that lowers the blood pressure?
1. Stress-producing anxiety
2. Heavy alcohol consumption
3. Cigarette, cigar, or pipe smoking
4. Prescribed diuretic administration
ANS: 4
Diuretics lower blood pressure by reducing reabsorption of sodium and water by the kidneys, thus lowering circulating fluid volume.
The effects of sympathetic nerve stimulation, such as with anxiety, increase blood pressure.
Heavy alcohol consumption has been linked to hypertension.
Cigarette smoking has been linked to hypertension.
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