A 17-year-old presents to the clinic for a school physical….
A 17-year-old presents to the clinic for a school physical. The patient is mildly overweight, but not obese. The patient has no underlying health issues and has been healthy in the past. There is no family history of hypertension, but the patient’s blood pressure is 130/78 when the nurse obtains the vitals prior to the nurse practitioner entering the room. The patient’s blood pressure does not change significantly on 3 other attempts to measure it. The nurse practitioner discusses with the parent that the initial treatment for this type of high blood pressure should be:
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A pediatric client is admitted to the emergency department with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that caused a loss of consciousness. The last set of vital signs showed heart rate 48, blood pressure (BP) 148/74 mmHg, respiratory rate 28 and irregular. Which does the nurse suspect based on these data?
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