NURS 221 Liberty University - Question and answers already passed 2024/2025 NURS 221: hypertension
Blood pressure: - correct answer arterial pressure exerted on the walls of the arteries during ventricular systole and diastole
what factors can blood pressure be affected by? - correct an...
NURS 221: hypertension
Blood pressure: - correct answer ✔arterial pressure exerted on the walls of
the arteries during ventricular systole and diastole
what factors can blood pressure be affected by? - correct answer ✔cardiac
output
distention of the arteries & volume
velocity and viscosity of the blood
hypertension is defined by the American college of cardiology
(ACC)/American heart association (AHA) as: - correct answer ✔- systolic
blood pressure of 130 mmhg or higher
- diastolic blood pressure of 80 mmhg or higher
hypertension is based on the average of two or more accurate blood pressure
measurements taken __ to __ weeks apart - correct answer ✔1 to 4
what can increase cardiac output? - correct answer ✔fluids
sodium
RAAS
increased HR
stress
infection
anxiety
caffeine
activity
,pathophysiological process of hypertension: - correct answer ✔- can result
from increases in cardiac output, peripheral resistance, or both
- must also be a problem with the body's control system
- dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system
- increased renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
- resistance to insulin action
- activation of the immune system
what can cause increased systemic vascular resistance (SVR)? - correct
answer ✔atherosclerosis
high cholesterol
nicotine
physical inactivity
diabetes
obesity
what is considered a normal blood pressure? - correct answer ✔Systolic
<120
Diastolic <80
what is considered an elevated blood pressure? - correct answer ✔systolic:
120-129
diastolic: less than 80
what is considered stage 1 hypertension? - correct answer ✔Systolic: 130-
139
Diastolic: 80-89
, what is considered stage 2 hypertension? - correct answer ✔systolic >140
diastolic >90
the highest prevalence of hypertension is in what ethnicity? - correct answer
✔African Americans
what are sign and symptoms of hypertension? - correct answer ✔usually no
symptoms other than elevated blood pressure
what are hypertension symptoms related to organ damage that are seen late
and are serious? - correct answer ✔retinal and other eye changes
renal damage
myocardial infarction
cardiac hypertrophy
stroke
what is masked hypertension? - correct answer ✔blood pressure that is
suggestive of hypertension that is paradoxically normal in health care setting
what is white coat hypertension? - correct answer ✔hypertensive blood
pressure readings in the health care setting that is paradoxically normal
ranges in other settings
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