TY - JOUR
T1 - Expanding the Role of Nurses to Improve Hypertension Care and Control Globally
AU - Himmelfarb, Cheryl R.Dennison
AU - Commodore-Mensah, Yvonne
AU - Hill, Martha N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Authors
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - The role of the nurse in improving hypertension control has expanded over the past 50 years, complementing and supplementing that of the physician. Nurses' involvement began with measuring and monitoring blood pressure (BP) and patient education and has expanded to become one of the most effective strategies to improve BP control. Today the roles of nurses and nurse practitioners (NPs) in hypertension management involve all aspects of care, including (1) detection, referral, and follow up; (2) diagnostics and medication management; (3) patient education, counseling, and skill building; (4) coordination of care; (5) clinic or office management; (6) population health management; and (7) performance measurement and quality improvement. The patient-centered, multidisciplinary team is a key feature of effective care models that have been found to improve care processes and control rates. In addition to their clinical roles, nurses lead clinic and community-based research to improve the hypertension quality gap and ethnic disparities by holistically examining social, cultural, economic, and behavioral determinants of hypertension outcomes and designing culturally sensitive interventions to address these determinants.
AB - The role of the nurse in improving hypertension control has expanded over the past 50 years, complementing and supplementing that of the physician. Nurses' involvement began with measuring and monitoring blood pressure (BP) and patient education and has expanded to become one of the most effective strategies to improve BP control. Today the roles of nurses and nurse practitioners (NPs) in hypertension management involve all aspects of care, including (1) detection, referral, and follow up; (2) diagnostics and medication management; (3) patient education, counseling, and skill building; (4) coordination of care; (5) clinic or office management; (6) population health management; and (7) performance measurement and quality improvement. The patient-centered, multidisciplinary team is a key feature of effective care models that have been found to improve care processes and control rates. In addition to their clinical roles, nurses lead clinic and community-based research to improve the hypertension quality gap and ethnic disparities by holistically examining social, cultural, economic, and behavioral determinants of hypertension outcomes and designing culturally sensitive interventions to address these determinants.
KW - hypertension
KW - nurse
KW - quality
KW - team-based care
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aogh.2016.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.aogh.2016.02.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27372529
AN - SCOPUS:84991512308
SN - 2214-9996
VL - 82
SP - 243
EP - 253
JO - Annals of global health
JF - Annals of global health
IS - 2
ER -