Introduction
Introduction ( 5 Questions)
A nurse is preparing to administer an antihypertensive medication to a client with pre-eclampsia.
What is the goal of pharmacological therapy for this condition?
Maintaining blood pressure below 140/90 mmHg is the target for normal hypertension, not pre-eclampsia.
Reducing blood pressure by 25% within one hour is too rapid and can compromise blood flow to the placenta and the fetus.
Keeping diastolic blood pressure between 80 and 100 mmHg is not specific enough and does not account for the systolic blood pressure, which is also important.
To prevent blood pressure from exceeding 160/110 mmHg. The goal of pharmacological therapy for pre-eclampsia is to prevent severe hypertension that can lead to complications such as stroke, kidney failure, or placental abruption.
To prevent blood pressure from exceeding 160/110 mmHg. The goal of pharmacological therapy for pre-eclampsia is to prevent severe hypertension that can lead to complications such as stroke, kidney failure, or placental abruption.
Choice A is wrong because maintaining blood pressure below 140/90 mmHg is the target for normal hypertension, not pre-eclampsia.
Choice B is wrong because reducing blood pressure by 25% within one hour is too rapid and can compromise blood flow to the placenta and the fetus.
Choice C is wrong because keeping diastolic blood pressure between 80 and 100 mmHg is not specific enough and does not account for the systolic blood pressure, which is also important.