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Question

Your patient is a 74 year old active senior citizen. Your patient has been walking 30 minutes daily for years. recently your patient has become short of breath when climbing one flight of stairs. He noticed a nagging cough each night when he tries to sleep. You notice your patient has an elevated blood pressure. Your patient mentioned that on his last visit to his doctor his BNP was 495. His doctor prescribed hydrochlorothiazide, but it makes him constipated so he rarely takes it.

1. What do you think is the medical diagnosis to the scenario?

2. Using the medical diagnosis you selected, what would you teach the patient about their new diagnosis?

3. Identify 1 patient safety concern for their new diagnosis?

4. List at least 1 medication you would expect this patient to require for the medical diagnosis you identified?

5. What would you teach your patient about the medication you listed?