Nurses caring to persons with hypertension in Family Health Program: from speech to practice

Abstract

The hypertension is a disease of vascular control whose mechanisms that control normal blood pressure are changed. The early identification and the relationship of patients with Health Basic Units are essential elements to disease control. Follow-up and blood pressure control supervised by primary health care can help to prevent this disease getting worsening and onset of complications, reducing the number of hospital admissions, as well as cardiovascular disease mortality. This study approaches nurses caring to patients with hypertension of a Family Health Program (FHP) in a city of Vale do Paraíba, according to the reorganization of Ministry of Health. Eleven nurses working in the FHP were inquired about the performance of the Unit and program related to care given to hypertensive patients. It was used a quantitative and descriptive exploratory approach, and data were discussed and tabbed. Results pointed out a search for implementation of a care plan to the hypertensive patient, with some distortions very common when we turn theory into practice.