[Answered]: The HCP informs the client that he need to be on…

The HCP informs the client that he need to be on a low-salt diet, stop smoking, limit alcohol intake, decrease stress level, and start taking hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg by mouth (PO) daily and atenolol 25 mg . po daily. The nurse enters the room to give the client the prescriptions and spend some time teaching him about his care. When speaking with the nurse, the client expresses concern that the HCP did not prescribe any additional tests. The client asks if the HCP should find out the reason for the bypertension. Question 6 of 29 How should the nurse respond to the client’s concern? Explain that the HCP does not think determining the cause is important now. Further tests may be done once the blood pressure is in the normal range. Most cases of hypertension are without an identified cause and effected by multiple risk factors, so unless there is a health history indicator, the HCP does not look for one. The cause for the hypertension will become evident and ongoing appointments with HCP are necessary until the cause is determined. Tell the dient not to worry because stress causes blood pressure to go up even more.