The AGACNP wаs cаlled tо the emergency rооm to evаluate a patient who presented from his primary care provider's office due to severely elevated blood pressure. The AGACNP arrived at the room and found a 47-year-old patient anxious but otherwise well-appearing. The patient denied headache, chest pain, back pain, visual disturbances, and shortness of breath and voiced stopping blood pressure medications a week ago “because my blood pressure was normal already.” The patient did not recall the name of the drug and stated: "it's something 'pril." The nurse obtained supine blood pressures of 184/112 mm Hg in the left arm and 187/112 Hg in the right arm while sitting on a stretcher. No target organ dysfunction was identified on physical exam. The AGACNP recognized this as _______ and prioritizes this patient's care by _______: