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Evidence-Based Recommendations For Increasing Pharmacologic Knowledge Of Hypertensive Adult Patients With Low Pharmacologic Literacy, Ruth Ham

Master of Science in Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Projects

Medication nonadherence associated with inadequate knowledge of medications has been an enduring clinical problem among hypertensive adult patients. The combination of inadequate health literacy and medication nonadherence of hypertensive adult patients has been a major cause of uncontrolled hypertension. Several studies suggested inadequate or incorrect knowledge of medications in hypertensive adult patients was correlated with non-adherence to their antihypertensive medications. The challenge of inadequate pharmacologic knowledge among hypertensive adult patients must be overcome for two reasons. First, prescription medications play an extremely important role in managing hypertension. Second, hypertension is a significant healthcare concern in North America.

The purpose of …