Registered Nurses´ Association of Ontario
Nursing Management of Hypertension Self Assessment Tool
Nursing Management of Hypertension Best Practice Guideline
This guideline highlights a key nursing role in detection, assessment and development of a treatment plan for clients with hypertension. The lifestyle risk factors contributing to hypertension are identified and recommendations about key assessment and management strategies are included.
Information regarding the types of pharmacological treatment is outlined to serve as direction for practice, and to assist in the education of the client and family. This best practice guideline also provides a selection of theoretical frameworks that nurses can use to facilitate changes in clients' behaviour. Client adherence assessment tools are included, and interventional strategies and behavioural tools that promote adherence are outlined.
This self assessment tool provides a rating for nursing skills for the assessment and management of hypertension. For more details, please refer to the guideline.
Rate your nursing skills for the assessment and management of hypertension using the rating scale on the right. The scale is as follows:
- 5 = always;
- 4 = almost always;
- 3 = sometimes;
- 2= almost never;
- 1= nevers
In order to rate yourself think about your competence (how knowledgeable and skilled you are) in relation to the assessment and management of hypertension and your consistency in demonstrating this behaviour (how often do you demonstrate it on a day to day basis).
