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    Nursing Assessment: Nursing Care Plan For Hypertension

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    Hypertension is a chronic disease associated with knowledge deficits about diet, lifestyle, medications, and treatment regimens. Nursing assessments for hypertension include taking a patient history, performing a physical exam, and conducting a psychosocial exam. Common nursing diagnoses for hypertension include noncompliance with treatment regimen, fatigue, ineffective coping, impaired tissue perfusion, and risk for injury.

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    Hypertension is a chronic disease associated with knowledge deficits about diet, lifestyle, medications, and treatment regimens. Nursing assessments for hypertension include taking a patient history, performing a physical exam, and conducting a psychosocial exam. Common nursing diagnoses for hypertension include noncompliance with treatment regimen, fatigue, ineffective coping, impaired tissue perfusion, and risk for injury.

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    Hypertension is a chronic disease associated with knowledge deficits about diet, lifestyle, medications, and treatment regimens. Nursing assessments for hypertension include taking a patient history, performing a physical exam, and conducting a psychosocial exam. Common nursing diagnoses for hypertension include noncompliance with treatment regimen, fatigue, ineffective coping, impaired tissue perfusion, and risk for injury.

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    Hypertension is chronic disease that way, 

    Hypertension nursing diagnosison nursing care plan for


    Hypertension many associated with the Knowledge deficit about Diet, Disease process, Health behaviors,
    Medication, prescribed activity, Treatment regime and lifestyle
    Nursing diagnosis for hypertension determine bay what we found in nursing assessment, and data from Diagnostic
    tests.
    Nursing Assessment nursing care plan for Hypertension
    Patient history, Elicit a history of previously elevated blood pressure, elevated cholesterol counts, a family history of
    hypertension, and the presence of risk factors. Ask the patient about early signs and symptoms, such as malaise,
    fatigue, general weakness, or a vague sense of discomfort. Ask if the patient has experienced any loss of vision,
    shortness of breath, chest pain, confusion, increased irritability, seizures, transient paralysis or stupor, sleepiness,
    visual disturbances, severe headaches, or vomiting
    Physical examination, in many cases, the hypertensive patient has no symptoms, and the disorder is revealed
    incidentally during evaluation for another disorder or during a routine blood pressure screening program.
     Inspection may reveal peripheral edema in late stages when heart failure is present. Ophthalmoscopic
    evaluation may reveal hemorrhages, exudates, and papilledema in late stages if hypertensive retinopathy is
    present.
     Palpation of the carotid artery may disclose stenosis or occlusion. Palpation of the abdomen may reveal a
    pulsating mass, suggesting an abdominal aneurysm. Enlarged kidneys may point to polycystic disease, a cause of
    secondary hypertension. Systolic or diastolic pressure, or both, may be elevated. An increase in diastolic blood
    pressure from a sitting to a standing position suggests essential hypertension, whereas a fall in blood pressure from
    the sitting to the standing position indicates secondary hypertension.
     Auscultation may reveal an abdominal bruit to the right or left of the umbilicus midline or in the flanks if renal
    artery stenosis is present. Bruits may also be heard over the abdominal aorta and femoral arteries or the carotids.
    Psychosocial examination. When symptoms are exacerbated, the patient may become anxious or fearful. Since
    hypertension can result in changes in lifestyle and perception of body image, assess The patient’s coping
    mechanisms
    Nursing diagnosis for Hypertension
    Primary Hypertension nursing diagnosis is knowledge deficit related to chronic disease management,
    Possible nursing diagnosis, which is commonly found in nursing care plan for Hypertension:
     Noncompliance: Therapeutic regimen
     Fatigue
     Ineffective coping
     Ineffective tissue perfusion: Cardiopulmonary
     Risk for injury
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