Assessing a client's blood pressure is considered a nursing-initiated intervention under which of the following specified conditions?
A. When there is a change in the client's mental status
B. When the client has just been returned to the floor after surgery
C. At regular intervals during administration of blood or blood products
D. Before administering a new medication categorized as an antihypertensive agent
A
Blood pressure measurement would be a part of expected or ordered care in conditions B, C, and D. Only in situation A is the measurement of blood pressure part of nursing judgment.
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