An 89-year-old patient is taking an antihypertensive medication. Home care teaching by the nurse would include instructing the patient to:
1. get up out of bed slowly.
2. take hot baths.
3. report sexual dysfunction immediately.
4. stop taking the drug if side effects occur.
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Patients taking antihypertensive medications should get up slowly to prevent falling, avoid hot baths because they promote vasodilation, and never stop the drug abruptly. Sexual dys-function is a possible side effect, but it does not have to be reported immediately.
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