Instructed patient and caregiver on Hypertensive urgency which is a situation where the blood pressure is severely elevated or higher for your diastolic pressure. That experiencing hypertensive urgency m
ay or m
ay not experience one or m
ore of these sym
ptom
s: severe headache, shortness of breath, nosebleeds, and severe anxiety, chest pain
, back pain
, num
bness/weakness, change in vision, difficulty speaking do not wait to see if your pressure com
es down on its own. Seek im
m
ediately m
edical assistance and/or call 9-1-1.
Patient was instructed on hypertension. Callor other em
ergency services im
m
ediately if having any of the following sym
ptom
s: a sudden, severe headache, chest pain
(angina), other sym
ptom
s of heart attack, sym
ptom
s of a stroke.
SN instructed patient to recognize signs and sym
ptom
s of high blood pressure, although it is frequently asym
ptom
atic, like blurring of vision, fatigue, nose bleeds and chest pain
. If sym
ptom
s continue go to ER, or call 911.
SN instructed patient and caregiver on hypertensive urgency which is a situation where the blood pressure is severely elevated and that experiencing hypertensive urgency m
ay or m
ay not experience one or m
ore of these sym
ptom
s: severe headache, shortness of breath, nosebleeds, and severe anxiety, chest or back pain
, num
bness or severe weakness, change in vision or difficulty speaking. Patient and caregiver were advised to seek im
m
ediately m
edical assistance and/or call 9-1-1 if any of these signs or sym
ptom
s appear. Patient and caregiver verbalized understanding. Fam
ily is independent with hypertension process.