Elaboração de um guia de atendimento a pacientes com crise hipertensiva para enfermeiros

Preparation of a guide for nurses to care patients with hypertensive crisis Objective: To evaluate nurses’ knowledge about the process of urgency and hypertensive emergency care and create a guide to help nurses caring for patients with hypertensive crisis. Methods: This is a descriptive and exploratory study, with a quantitative approach. We used an instrument based on literature review and a research which was subsequently subjected to expert judgment. The sample consisted of 20 nurses. Results: The definition of hypertensive emergency and most common vascular changes in patients with hypertensive crises were unknown by 60% of nurses. Conclusion: The results showed that nurses did not know about the important issues regarding hypertensive crisis, thus, we highlight the need of creating a guide to help nurses to manage patients in hypertensive crisis. Key-words: hypertension, emergencies, orientation, Nursing. Artigo recebido em 11 de dezembro de 2012; aceito em 4 de dezembro de 2013. Endereço de correspondência: Regimar Carla Machado, Av. Senador Salgado Filho, 3000 Lagoa Nova 59078900 Natal RN, E-mail: regimarcarla@yahoo.com.br, carolangio@hotmail.com, mbotossi@hotmail.com