When planning instruction for a client diagnosed with coronary artery disease, the nurse should identify which of the following risk factors that cannot be modified for the client?
1. Heredity
2. Hypertension
3. Sedentary lifestyle
4. Smoking
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Hypertension, physical activity, and smoking can all be changed to decrease the risk of coronary artery disease. A nonmodifiable risk factor for the development of coronary artery disease is heredity or a family history of heart disease.
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A) 52 B) 53 C) 54 D) 55
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1. Descriptive epidemiology 2. Analytic epidemiology 3. Intervention study 4. Ecological study
A nurse is teaching a class on hypertension to a group of African American patients. The nurse is correct to explain that African Americans with type 1 diabetes respond best to which combina-tion of medications?
a. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and diuretics b. Diuretics and calcium antagonists c. Diuretics and beta blockers d. ACE inhibitors and beta blockers