A Client with a History of Hypertension Is Diagnosed with Chronic

Multiple Choice

A client with a history of hypertension is diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) . When the client asks the nurse how this disease developed, which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

A) "Thickening of the kidney structures and gradual death of nephrons has led to this diagnosis."
B) "Cysts have compressed your renal tissue and destroyed your kidneys, causing this diagnosis."
C) "High blood pressure has reduced your renal blood flow, harming the kidney tissue and causing this diagnosis."
D) "Immune complexes have formed in your kidney tissue, causing inflammation that has led to this diagnosis."