Abstract

This best practice guideline focuses on assisting nurses working in diverse practice settings in the management of hypertension. This work is being conducted to support the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario's High Blood Pressure AIM (Areas of Investment in Mission) initiative, which was launched in September 2004, and is comprised of two major streams:

1. Improving the management of high blood pressure by doctors, nurses and pharmacists. Working with several key partners, including the Ontario College of Family Physicians, the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, and the Ontario Pharmacists' Association, the plan creates new educational opportunities that are designed to enhance physician, pharmacist, and nursing approaches to high blood pressure detection, intervention, and follow up measures.

2. Research into: a. the social determinants of hypertension (non-traditional risk factors and conditions that are linked to high blood pressure, such as socioeconomic status or stressful life environments); and b. the role of systolic blood pressure level (upper number) in high blood pressure. The HBP AIM plan includes a significant investment in a province-wide research competition to better understand this emerging area.

Author Details

The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario is the professional body representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students in Ontario.

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Type

Best Practice Guideline

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Clinical Practice Guideline(s)

Research Approach

Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice

Keywords:

Hypertension, Patient Care

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ISBN

Publisher

Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario

Version

Publisher's Version

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Review Type

External Evaluation: Organization-based Material

Acquisition

Publisher-submission

Date of Issue

2009

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