Inaccessibility of appropriate resources for care‚ specifically physical inaccessibility Goal: The family will be able to verbalize the nursing care management for hypertension Short-Term Goals: Within 3 days of nursing interventions and health education‚ the family will be able to: a. Determine risk factors that contribute to hypertension such as age‚ lifestyle‚ family history‚ dietary intake and obesity b. Incorporate low-sodium and low-fat foods into diet c. Acquire information on alternative
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Running head: The effects of hypertension The Causes of Hypertension and Effect on the Cardiovascular Syst Course: HSC 46 Annotated Bibiography Appel‚ L. J.‚ H.‚ Jackson.W.T.‚ Greene‚ T .‚. Agodoa‚ L.Y.‚ Astor‚ B.C . Bakris‚ G.L .‚ William H. Cleveland‚ W.H.‚ Charleston‚ J.‚Gabriel Contreras‚ G .‚ Faulkner‚M.L.‚Gabba F.B.‚ Gassman‚ J.J.‚ Lee A. Hebert.‚ . Jamerson‚ K. A.‚ Kopple‚J.D.‚ Kusek‚ J. W.‚ Lash‚J. P.‚ Janice P. Lea.‚ Julia B. Lewis.‚ Lipkowit‚ M. S.‚Massry‚S.G.‚ Mille‚ E. R
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Hypertension is often associated with obesity‚ and losing weight can result in a significant drop in blood pressure. Sodium has long been linked with an increased occurrence of hypertension. However‚ reducing salt intake can decrease the incidence of hypertension. People often used diuretic drugs to treat high blood pressure and the most common drug is called “thiazide” diuretics
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University of Phoenix Material Understanding Economic Issues Worksheet This simulation looks at providing health care insurance coverage from the standpoint of a health maintenance organization (HMO). As HMO executives‚ your obligation is to provide health care for the members you insure. You must do this with a high degree of quality at a price that covers services rendered. To do this‚ you must offer only those services you may provide at the cost the customer can pay. In this simulation‚ you
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Hypertension Health Hazard in the African American Communities Hypertension (HTN) is a genetic disease which tends to run in families. Even though every race and ethnicity can be affected by HTN the highest prevalence is in the African American communities (Opara‚ Hawkins‚ Sundaram‚ Merchant‚ Rasmussen & Holmes‚ 2013). During my survey‚ I conversed with 50 people in my community‚ 48 had a mother or father with HTN‚ the other two were uncertain. Twenty-five of the 50 people I conversed with admitted
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"Hypertension" Sherelle Washington HS200-26 Unit 4 Capstone Project: Hypertension Kaplan University 10/28/14 There are different ways to diagnose your blood pressure. The most common way is to use a blood pressure machine or monitor. The doctor normally takes an inflatable cuff and put it around your arm. The machine gets turned on and the cuff begins to tighten a little around your arm. While the cuff is tightening the machine is checking your blood pressure. Once the cuff deflate
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A 62-year old diabetic black man presents in the emergency room with a swollen left leg with areas of blanching and blue mottling. A "foul odor" is coming from a dressed wound. The physicians remove the dressing and a brownish fluid is seeping from a wounded area. The fluid contains what appear to be small bits of the tissue. No pus appears to be present. The wound has a strong "rotten" odor. Five days earlier‚ while at his work as a farmer‚ he caught the leg in his manure spreader‚ sustaining a
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Original article Cost-benefit of hospitalization compared with outpatient care for pregnant women with pregestational and gestational diabetes or with mild hyperglycemia‚ in Brazil Custo-benefício da hospitalização comparada ao atendimento ambulatorial em gestantes com diabetes pré-gestacional e gestacional ou com hiperglicemia leve‚ no Brasil Ana Claudia Molina CavassiniI‚ Silvana Andréa Molina LimaII‚ Iracema Mattos Paranhos CalderonIII‚ Marilza Vieira Cunha RudgeIV Hospital das Clínicas
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Capella University BIO1000 – Human Biology U01A1-Homeostasis-An Analogy January 12‚ 2012 Part 1 - Regulates your body temperature when you are outside on a cold winter day. When it is cold outside and the temperature drops‚ your body thermo receptors detect the drop and send signals to the hypothalamus. Neurons also send signals to smooth the walls of the blood vessels to make them contract‚ which creates a narrowing in the blood vessel also known as “vasoconstriction”. What vasoconstriction
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HYPERTENSION‚also known as high blood pressure‚ is the most common chronic cardiovascular disease in which the blood vessels (arteries) have persistently raised pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood exerting against the walls of arteries as it is pumped by the heart through out the body. Therefore‚ hypertension occurs when the blood is pushes harder against the arterial wall. It is called the “SILENT KILLER" because it shows no signs and symptoms that is why it is important to check
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