A patient with diabetes is beginning treatment for hypertension. What should the nurse explain as being the blood pressure treatment goal for this patient?
A. 135/85 mmHg
B. 130/80 mmHg
C. 120/80 mmHg
D. 140/90 mmHg
Answer: C
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a. Forcibly detain and restrain the patient. b. Administer a sedative hypnotic medication. c. Prevent patient from leaving until an AMA form is signed. d. Notify the physician that the patient is threatening to leave AMA.
A patient is recovering from intracranial surgery that was performed using the transsphenoidal approach. The nurse should be aware that the patient may have required surgery on what neurologic structure?
A) Cerebellum B) Hypothalamus C) Pituitary gland D) Pineal gland
A patient being evaluated for the cause of hypertension has a lipid value of HDL, 68 mg/dL, and LDL, 82 mg/dL. The nurse assesses this finding as:
1. dyslipidemia. 2. lipidemia. 3. probable atherosclerosis. 4. noncontributory.
Which of the following values is likely to appear on the diagonal of a correlation matrix?
a. -1.00 b. .00 c. .10 d. 1.00