Chronic Hypertension Essay

The patient that came into the hospital on your job rotation was a chronic smoker, meaning he had smoked cigarettes for a long period of time now and it has became to be really hard for him stop smoking. The patient was suffering from Chronic Hypertension or also known as high blood pressure. This is a symptom in the body when the blood pressure in your system flows usually higher then normal in a long period of time. Adults have chronic hypertension when they’re blood pressure is higher then 139 millimeters of mercury. In high blood pressure the heart is the central pump to all other parts of the body, every time it pumps, a large volume of blood is released to all parts of the body. The patient my have different types of chronic hyperextension, Essential and Secondary. Essential is the most common and secondary results from other medical conditions.

What can cause secondary chronic hyperextension= Diseases and problems with glands and kidneys, abusing drugs, such as nicotine and cocaine. Our patient is a smoker for a long time, which could be a result in his hypertension, drinking too much alcohol, medicines such as steroids, birth pills, and narrowing of the blood vessels in your heart. Some symptoms that can occur with the patient from his high blood pressure may be blurry vision, chest pain, dizziness, extreme headache and body weakness. To further help out my patient I would let my patient know what to do in order to treat his chronic hypertension. Changing diet, less consuming of alcohol, regular exercise, reduce stress, and importantly stop smoking. The patient also has stated they have occasional angina pain. Angina is pain that occurs in the chest and gives an area of discomfort because the heart muscle doesn’t ...

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... stress. As a nurse you may not always have days were you are relaxed and laying back, but in some cases you will need to step up and provide for patients more then usual depending on the matter. As a nurse you also need to maintain great composure throughout your job, as sometimes under difficult times for families and people in your care, they might need extra support and thoughtfulness. Always be a compassionate person and understanding towards everybody in the room so the air is always fresh to breath and the environment is a good one for patients to be in. To be a nurse and where ever you may end up to work you need some kind of official qualification. In general nursing is fifty percent practical and fifty percent theoretical. At the end of it all you will need an graduate honor from a university to become a registered nurse after you finish the final exam.