From collected data the nurse determines that a client is at risk for hypertension. Which is the most significant risk factor that the nurse assessed in this client?
1. The client only exercises three times per week and is 15 pounds overweight.
2. The client smokes two packs of cigarettes per day and is obese.
3. The client is a manager at Microsoft.
4. The client's maternal grandmother died of complications related to malignant hypertension.
Answer: 2
1. This option identifies only one risk factor.
2. Smoking and obesity present two risk factors, both of which will increase the workload of the heart.
3. This option identifies only one risk factor.
4. This option identifies only one risk factor.
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