Nurses from all sectors can take a leading role in preventing and controlling hypertension, thereby preventing high rates of cardiovascular disease, new study says. With hypertension (HTN) as a ...

The aim of this review was to examine studies on nursing in hypertension care to find out the nurse's role and skills. Articles were searched during the period 1966-1997. About 650 abstracts were read ...

Patients with hypertension usually do not have a secondary cause. Primary or essential hypertension is likely to result from the interaction between genetic predisposition and environmental factors. 1 ...