When the nurse is monitoring a patient with a hypertensive urgency, which of these manifestations would the nurse expect to find?

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Hypertensive urgency is when a patient has severely elevated blood pressure without evidence of acute target-organ damage. Severe headaches are a common manifestation of hypertensive urgency. Irregular heartbeats and muscle weakness are not typically associated with this condition. Urinary retention may be a symptom of other conditions but is not directly related to hypertensive urgency.

When the Nurse Is Monitoring a Patient with a Hypertensive