A client is admitted to the hospital with high blood pressure. He is being cared for by a student nurse. The health care provider orders a diuretic and tells the student this medication will lower the client's blood pressure by decreasing intravascular fluid volume. What does this description address?
A) The drug's mechanism of action
B) The drug's pharmacologic classification
C) How the drug produces its effects in the body
D) The drug's therapeutic classification
E) What condition is being treated by the drug
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