Question

The nursing student is part of a group of nursing students who are making a presentation on chronic hypertension. what is one subject the nursing student would need to include in the presentation as a possible consequence of untreated chronic hypertension?

Answer 1

The nursing student would need to include a stroke as a possible consequence of untreated chronic hypertension. Chronic hypertension can cause blood vessels in the brain to leak or burst which will lead to a stroke. Chronic hypertension also causes blood clots which lead to a stroke.