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A nurse is assessing a pregnant woman with gestational hypertension.
Which of the following blood pressure readings would lead the nurse to suspect that the client has gestational hypertension?
130/80 mmHg is within the normal range for blood pressure in pregnancy.
Gestational hypertension is defined as a blood pressure (BP) of≥140/90 mmHgon two occasions (at least 4 hours apart) after 20 weeks’ gestation in a previously normotensive woman, without the presence of proteinuria or other clinical features suggestive of preeclampsia.
120/70 mmHg is also within the normal range for blood pressure in pregnancy.
110/60 mmHg is on the lower end of the normal range for blood pressure in pregnancy and does not indicate hypertension.
The correct answer is choice B. Choice B is correct because gestational hypertension is defined as a blood pressure (BP) of ≥140/90 mmHg on two occasions (at least 4 hours apart) after 20 weeks’ gestation in a previously normotensive woman, without the presence of proteinuria or other clinical features suggestive of preeclampsia.
Choice A is wrong because 130/80 mmHg is within the normal range for blood pressure in pregnancy.
Choice C is wrong because 120/70 mmHg is also within the normal range for blood pressure in pregnancy.
Choice D is wrong because 110/60 mmHg is on the lower end of the normal range for blood pressure in pregnancy and does not indicate hypertension.
Normal blood pressure in pregnancy is usually between 110/70 and 120/80 mmHg. Blood pressure can vary throughout the day and may change with activity, stress, or position