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After working through this topic, the RN can: Distinguish a hypertensive emergency (severe blood pressure elevation with acute target organ damage) from severe hypertension with...
NCLEX-RN
NCLEX-RN
After working through this topic, the RN can: - Distinguish a hypertensive emergency (severe blood pressure elevation with acute target-organ damage) from severe hypertension without acute damage, and explain why the blood pressure number alone does not decide which one the client has. - Recognize the neurological, cardiac, aortic, renal, retinal and obstetric presentations of acute target-organ damage. - Explain why controlled reduction is the goal, state the general time-course of reduction, and name the conditions in which the target differs. - Describe the safety profile and monitoring of the intravenous agents used, and the situations in which each is avoided. - Carry out the RN role: continuous monitoring, titration under an order or protocol, neurological and cardiac reassessment, escalation and teaching.
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