Question

The nurse at the neighborhood family clinic is teaching a 55-year-old client with hypertension and a family history of heart disease about reduction of risk factors. It is most important for the nurse to make which statement to the client?

Answer 1

"Take your blood pressure medications as your doctor prescribed them".

Step-by-step explanation:

The 55-year-old client needs to take his blood pressure medications to reduce the risk factors. In other words, by taking his medication every day and how it was prescribed to him, he will not have high-pressure peaks that can lead to serious hearth diseases.