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Staff Education: Hypertension Management For Adults In Primary Care Settings, Doris Adediwura Obaze
Staff Education: Hypertension Management For Adults In Primary Care Settings, Doris Adediwura Obaze
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Management of hypertension and its complications requires health care providers to
understand the reason for developing the disease. Complications of hypertension (HTN)
are more prevalent when patient interventions are not consistently performed by staff. A
gap in staff knowledge regarding the management of patients with HTN was noted at an
outpatient clinic in the southwestern United States. A staff education project based on
the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC-8) guidelines for HTN management was
developed to address the gap in knowledge. This DNP project sought to understand the
impact of an evidence-based staff education program in improving the knowledge of …