It is suspected that an older adult client is experiencing severe hypertension.The nurse documents symptoms that support this diagnosis when the client reports:
A)difficulty reading the newspaper's print.
B)being very fatigued after walking around the block.
C)noticing that his heart "skips a beat" frequently.
D)getting up from a chair too quickly makes him dizzy.

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In severe hypertension the client may experience throbbing occipital headaches, confusion, visual loss, focal deficits, epistaxis, and coma.

It Is Suspected That an Older Adult Client Is Experiencing