NURS 6501

Case Study 2 MANAGING HYPERTENSION Scenario M.P. is a lively 78-year-old African-American woman who comes to your clinic for a follow-up (F/U) visit. She was diagnosed (Dx) with hypertension (HTN) 2 months ago and was given a prescription for hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) 25 mg/day but stopped taking it because “it made me dizzy and I kept getting up during the night to empty my bladder.” She comes to the clinic because her mother died of a cerebrovascular accident (CVA, stroke) at her ag...