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NSG124 EXAM 2 (ACTUAL EXAM )WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+
when does someone have hypertension? - (answer)Persistent elevation of:
Systolic Blood Pressure
Diastolic Blood Pressure
OR
Current use of antihypertensives
What is a normal blood pressure reading? - (answer)SBP: <120
DBP: <80
Elevated Blood Pressure Reading - (answer)SBP: 120-129
DBP: <80
High Blood Pressure Stage 1 Levels - (answer)SBP: 130 - 139
DBP: 80-89
High Blood Pressure Stage 2 Level - (answer)SBP: 140 or higher
DBP: 90 or higher
Hypertensive Crisis Value - (answer)SBP: higher than 180
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DBP: higher than 120
Ways to reduce blood pressure? - (answer)maintain weight
decrease salt and sodium intake
increase physical exercise
limiting alcohol intake
monitoring blood pressure
medication compliance
How may the SNS play a role in a pt. blood pressure? - (answer)increase activity
will increase heart rate and cardiac contractility
causes vasoconstriction and also promotes release of renin
How does vascular endothelin affect a patients blood pressure? - (answer)this is
what lines the blood vessels
produces endothelin which is a vasoconstrictor
How does the renal system affect a patient's blood pressure? - (answer)controls
sodium excretion and extracellular volume
How does the endocrine system affect the patients blood pressure? -
(answer)stimulation of SNS causes adrenal medulla to release epinephrine
(increase CO by increasing HR and myocardial contractility)
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How is hypertension classified? - (answer)Hypertension Stage 1 & 2
Prehypertension (elevated)
Subtypes:
Isolated Systolic HTN
Pseudohypertension
What is isolated systolic HTN?
Who is more common to get it? - (answer)SBP >140
DBP <90
Older Adults
What is pseudohypertension and why does this happen/ - (answer)FALSE
HYPERTENSION
May occur due to sclerotic arteries that do not collapse when a BP cuff is inflated
What is primary (Essential / Idiopathic) hypertension? - (answer)elevated blood
pressure w/o an identified cause
contributing factors to primary HTN - (answer)increased SNS activity
increased sodium hormone and vasoconstrictors
diabetes mellitus
NSG124 EXAM 2 (ACTUAL EXAM )WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+
when does someone have hypertension? - (answer)Persistent elevation of:
Systolic Blood Pressure
Diastolic Blood Pressure
OR
Current use of antihypertensives
What is a normal blood pressure reading? - (answer)SBP: <120
DBP: <80
Elevated Blood Pressure Reading - (answer)SBP: 120-129
DBP: <80
High Blood Pressure Stage 1 Levels - (answer)SBP: 130 - 139
DBP: 80-89
High Blood Pressure Stage 2 Level - (answer)SBP: 140 or higher
DBP: 90 or higher
Hypertensive Crisis Value - (answer)SBP: higher than 180
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DBP: higher than 120
Ways to reduce blood pressure? - (answer)maintain weight
decrease salt and sodium intake
increase physical exercise
limiting alcohol intake
monitoring blood pressure
medication compliance
How may the SNS play a role in a pt. blood pressure? - (answer)increase activity
will increase heart rate and cardiac contractility
causes vasoconstriction and also promotes release of renin
How does vascular endothelin affect a patients blood pressure? - (answer)this is
what lines the blood vessels
produces endothelin which is a vasoconstrictor
How does the renal system affect a patient's blood pressure? - (answer)controls
sodium excretion and extracellular volume
How does the endocrine system affect the patients blood pressure? -
(answer)stimulation of SNS causes adrenal medulla to release epinephrine
(increase CO by increasing HR and myocardial contractility)
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How is hypertension classified? - (answer)Hypertension Stage 1 & 2
Prehypertension (elevated)
Subtypes:
Isolated Systolic HTN
Pseudohypertension
What is isolated systolic HTN?
Who is more common to get it? - (answer)SBP >140
DBP <90
Older Adults
What is pseudohypertension and why does this happen/ - (answer)FALSE
HYPERTENSION
May occur due to sclerotic arteries that do not collapse when a BP cuff is inflated
What is primary (Essential / Idiopathic) hypertension? - (answer)elevated blood
pressure w/o an identified cause
contributing factors to primary HTN - (answer)increased SNS activity
increased sodium hormone and vasoconstrictors
diabetes mellitus
