A patient/family care study on Hypertension

Abstract

The patient/Family care study is a detailed description report of nursing care rendered to a patient and his or family from the day of admission till discharge whereby possible follow- up visits are made to maintain maximum health of the patient and prevent relapse. It gives an indepth description and a vivid explanation of how a patient response to a specified disease condition and the measures taken to resolve it. The patient/Family care study involves a record of nursing care, documenting the problems of the patient and how they are dealt with by the nurse and other multidisciplinary team members. It provides a systematic way of collecting data, analyzing information and reporting the results of the nursing care. This patient/family care study is based on the concept of holistic care, it uses the knowledge acquired through the nursing process approach. Nursing process is a systematic way of identifying the client’s problems, making plans to solve them, initiating the plans or assigning others to implement it and evaluating the extent to which the plan was effective in resolving the problems identified. Due to confidentiality and respecting patient’s rights, client and relatives names will be replaced by abbreviations. This care study was carried out in partial fulfillment for the award of professional license by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana. It is an integral part of the curriculum for educating nursing students hence a prerequisite for completing the nursing program. It helps the student nurse transform his or her theoretical knowledge acquired into practice so that the necessary skills and knowledge could be obtained for professional work .This care study was done to acquire more knowledge about hypertension and its outcome to patient and family.