Assignment: HTN Patient Education
Write a paper describing the pathophysiology of hypertension. Discuss the following in your paper:
• As nurse educators how is patient education adapted for various developmental stages and ages. This paper focus on adults and older adults
• Considering your Healthy People 2020 health determinant, the Evidence-based guidelines you reviewed and your original assessment, what issue do you feel is most important for health education for your population?
The Heart Disease and Stroke objective twelve (HDS12) is to increase the proportion of adults with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control. Its purpose is to improve public health and prevent premature deaths. The 2020 goal is the proposed, and the HP2020 target is 61.2 percent (healthypeople.gov). For this initiative Adults are defined as having high blood pressure/hypertension if they either: (a) have a measurement of mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥140 mm Hg or (b) mean diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥90 mm Hg or (c) report they are taking high blood pressure medicine (healthypeople.gov).
• Using a selected developmental theory, identify the developmental stage or phase of your population.
• What type of theoretical approach would you use with your population?
• What types of media, tools, etc. would you use in this population? Explain.
• Support your ideas and suppositions with current evidence-based literature from peer reviewed journals not older than 3-5 years (do not use websites).
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.