Why is the Problem Relevant to My Practice as a Baccalaureate-Prepared Nurse
Why is the Problem Relevant to My Practice as a Baccalaureate-Prepared Nurse
Nurses are frequently the first point of contact for patients. As a Baccalaureate-prepared nurse, I am trained to provide quality patient care, including initial review at the emergency unit, blood pressure measurements, diagnosis, treatment advice, or referral to a physician or other specialists. The interventions we provide to this group of patients must be aimed at lowering blood pressure and preventing the progression to unfavorable sequelae.
According to Rahimi et al. (2021), every 10 mm Hg reduction in systolic BP significantly reduces the risk of major CVD events by 20% (relative risk 0.80, 95% CI 0.77–0.83), IHD by 17% (relative risk 0.83, 0.78–0.88), stroke by 27% (relative risk 0.73, 0.68–0.77), heart failure by 28% (relative risk 0.72, 0.67–0.78) and all-cause mortality by 13% (0.87, 0.84–0.91). This indicates that even nurses’ efforts to assist hypertensive patients in managing their blood pressure count, and thus, the relevance of my practice to the population group chosen.