UNIT 8 ASSIGNMENT Kaplan University Hypertension can be diagnosed in variety of ways and because it’s a common illness that most Americans suffer from‚ it is very common to have patients come in everyday and be evaluated for it. The most common way to be diagnosed with hypertension is checking the patient’s blood pressure. Patients can get their blood pressure checked anywhere from a local pharmacy to their primary care office. They can even check their blood pressure
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Running head: Hypertension Intervention Paper 1 Hypertension Intervention Paper Brianna Harris‚ Zach Adams‚ Jon Fierro‚ Spencer Gilfoy Author’s note: Submitted to Miss Wigginton‚ Therapeutic Interventions: California Baptist University in fulfillment of the Therapeutic Intervention Research Paper Running head: Hypertension Intervention Paper 2 INTRODUCTION: Hypertension‚ also known as high blood pressure‚ is extremely
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Medical Surgical I Disease Process of Hypertension By Ms. Margarita Minor‚ LPN Pathophysiology The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines hypertension as an abnormally high arterial blood pressure that is indicated by an adult systolic blood pressure of 140mm Hg or greater or a diastolic blood pressure of 90mm Hg or greater. The cause is unknown but may be attributable to a preexisting condition that result in thickening and inelasticity of the arterial walls of the left ventricle
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HTreatment/Lifestyle of Hypertension A critical step in preventing and treating high blood pressure is a healthy lifestyle. You can lower your blood pressure with the following lifestyle changes: Losing weight if you are overweight or obese‚ quitting smoking‚ and eating a healthy diet‚ including the diet dash (eating more fruits‚ vegetables‚ and low fat dairy products‚ less saturated and total fat). Also‚ reducing the amount of sodium in your diet to less than 1‚500 milligrams a day if you have
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venesection and bleeding by leeches were the only treatment for ‘hard pulse disease’ which was what hypertension was known as before. The vast amount of progress in the study of hypertension was faster in the earlier decade of the 19th century because many previous beliefs were rejected. The basics of the measurement of hypertension established by Hales in 1733‚ the description of the pathology of hypertension by Thomas young and Richard bright in 1808 and the description of the stethoscopes sounds all
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Teeth * Tears and grind the food‚ breaking it down into smaller fragments. * By the age of 21‚ two sets of teeth have been formed. Deciduous teeth (baby teeth or milk teeth) * Begins to erupt around 6 months ‚ and a baby has a full set of (20 teeth) by the age of 2 years. Permanent Teeth * Enlarge and develop‚ the roots of the milk are reabsorbed‚ and between the ages of 6 and 12 they loosen and fall out. * The teeth are classified according to shape and function as incisors
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INCORRECT Mr. Dunn’s blood pressure is high. The student nurse needs to assess for other symptoms before making the determination that the healthcare provider must see him that day. B) "You have hypertension. You need to start making some lifestyle changes." INCORRECT The diagnosis of hypertension is not made until the client has an elevated blood pressure on two different occasions. C) "Please sit here quietly for a few minutes. I need to recheck your blood pressure." CORRECT Mr. Dunn’s
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Today I continue to do clinical in the female medical ward‚ my patient was a sixty-six-year-old woman who was diagnosed with four different medical conditions; Uncontrolled hypertension‚ left bundle branch block (LBBB) which is a cardiac conduction abnormality seen on the electrocardiogram (ECG). In this condition‚ activation of the left ventricle of the heart is delayed‚ which causes the left ventricle to contract later than the right ventricle. Venous insufficient which is a condition where the
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DIET AND HYPERTENSION Hypertension or High Blood Pressure‚ as it is commonly called‚ is a condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is chronically elevated. With each heart beat‚ heart pumps blood through the arteries to the body. Blood pressure is the pressure or force with which blood is pushed against the walls of the blood vessels. If the pressure is too high‚ the heart has to pump harder which in turn can damage the body organ and cause illnesses like stroke‚ heart attack‚ heart
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Running head: Gestational Hypertension Gestational Hypertension Gestational Hypertension Many believe that child birth is part of the cycle of a women’s life. The majority of women have minimal complications with natural child birth but to some the process may be life threatening. Past statistics have shown a high rate of child birth mortality. Today‚ this rate has decreased with the advancement of the medical field. However‚ women all over the world are still facing different kinds of complications
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