Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Academic Term
Summer 2022
Document Type
Project
Course Number
NURS 6810-01
Course Name
Advanced Pathophysiology for the Advanced Practice Nurse
Professor’s Name
Dr Batross and Dr Bhatnagar
Keywords
Hypertension, Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, Complications, Treatment and Management, Nursing
Subject Categories
Medicine and Health Sciences | Nursing
Abstract
Hypertension is a major cause of premature death and a leading cause of cardiovascular diseases globally. Heart diseases, renal failure, stroke, premature deaths, and disability mostly if not all contribute to the cardiovascular burden and thus pose a public health issue worldwide. The trends in hypertension are similar globally with a high prevalence noted in low and medium-income countries. Studies have identified smoking, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption, overweight or obesity, and sedentary lifestyle as modifiable risk factors in these populations. However, hypertension remains a substantial public health concern despite providers’ engagement in multi-component hypertension treatment and patient involvement in self-care. Hypertension is a landmark in clinical settings and its management is of great significance to practicing clinicians and the medical society. My poster will provide an overview of hypertension as a global epidemic and the role of multi-component interventions in its management.
Licensing Permission
Copyright, some rights reserved. Attribution – Noncommercial – Share Alike
Recommended Citation
Tanyi, Marie, "Hypertension-A Global Epidemic" (2022). Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN). 524.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_msn/524
Comments
The enormous public health burden of hypertension provokes an awareness to initiate a multi-component approach to improve cardiovascular health and decrease mortality rates.