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What is BP?
The pressure exerted by blood on the walls of the blood vessels is measured as blood pressure (BP)
Non-modifiable risk factors for hypertension?
family history of hypertension, age, and ethnicity
Those within the elevated BP or stage 1 hypertension category with a 10-year CVD risk LESS than 10% should implement? And be reassessed when?
Lifestyle changes
3 to 6 MONTHS
Hypertensive emergency is a severe type of what? and what are the BP numbers?
HYPERTENSION
systolic BP higher than 180 mm Hg or diastolic BP higher than 120 mm Hg occur
What is BP determined by?
BP is determined by
-cardiac output
-peripheral vascular resistance
-viscosity of the blood
-amount of circulating blood volume
Modifiable risk factors of hypertension?
blood glucose level, activity level, smoking, salt and alcohol intake, and insufficient sleep
For stage 1 hypertension, those with a 10-year CVD risk EQUAL OR GREATER THAN 10% should be started on? And reassessed when?
antihypertensive medications and implement lifestyle changes
1 MONTH
readiness for enhanced health literacy related to desire to learn about hypertensive disease process and treatment regimen and ineffective health management related to complexity of therapy, cost of medications, lack of symptoms, side effects of medications, need to alter long-term lifestyle habits, and normal BP controlled by therapy ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF WHAT?
Nursing diagnoses
Sympathetic nervous system overstimulation, causes?
vasoconstriction ( constriction of blood vessels )
HYPERTENSION
hypertension is referred to as the?
SILENT KILLER
Those with stage 2 hypertension should be started on? And be reassessed when?
antihypertensive medications, implement lifestyle changes
1 MONTH
How can you evaluate of your nursing interventions have been effective?
ask yourself if the patient is able to discuss and explain hypertension disease process, including its risk factors, complications, and treatment regimen. Is the patient able to state how his or her lifestyle will include therapy? Does the patient identify and problem-solve barriers for therapy? If the answers to these questions are “yes,” then the nursing interventions have been effective.
Alterations in baroreceptors and chemoreceptors may also influence the development of?
HYPERTENSION
a patient with hypertension may report what symptoms?
headache, bloody nose, severe anxiety, or shortness of breath
Common complications of hypertension include?
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coronary artery disease
atherosclerosis
myocardial infarction
heart failure
stroke
kidney or eye damage
Changes in kidney function that alter the excretion of fluid also result in?
an increase in overall body fluid that may contribute to HYPERTENSION
Hypertension Treatment begins with? and what MEDS are considered?
Lifestyle changes, Antihypertensives
DEPENDING ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISAEASE RISK AND BP LEVEL
The severity and duration of the increase in BP determine what?
the extent of the vascular changes causing organ damage