HOLY NAME UNIVERSITY

College of Health Sciences

Department of Nursing
Tagbilaran City, Bohol

TITLE: Educating about Hypertension: A health teaching plan

HEALTH TEACHING PLAN

LEARNING CONTENT TIME TARGET DATE/VENUE RESOURCES EVALUATION
OUTCOME ALLOTMENT POPULATION
At the end of the What is 8:30-8:40 AM Older adults ages 56 October 20, 2020 Visual aids At the end of the 1
health teaching: hypertension? years and older (PowerPoint hr of explaining the
Gamutan’s
presentations, video health teaching plan
Hypertension- is Residence
presentations) the patient was able
The patient will be defined by the to:
able to discern what American Society of
is hypertension. Hypertension (ASH)
and the International
Society of
Hypertension (ISH)
as a systolic blood -know what is
The patient will be
pressure (SBP) of hypertension
able to know the risk
140 mm Hg or
factors of
hypertension. higher or a diastolic
blood pressure
(DBP) of 90 mm Hg
 or higher, based on
the average of two or
-know the risk
more accurate blood
factors of
To describe and pressure hypertension
learn how to measurements taken
recognize the 1 to 4 weeks apart
common signs and by a health 2397
symptoms of care provider
hypertension. -recognize the
(Weber et al., 2014).
common signs and
symptoms of
hypertension
Risk factors for
The patient will hypertension:
identify how to
avoid/prevent ● obesity
hypertension. ● physical
inactivity -know how to
● high salt diet avoid/prevent
hypertension
● smoking
● alcohol
consumption
● stress
● co-existing
disease such
as diabetes
8:40-8:55 AM
● high
 cholesterol
● age
● gender
● family
history

Common signs and

symptoms:
● headache
● shortness of
breath
● dizziness
● chest pain
● visual
changes

How to avoid
hypertension:
● eat healthy
● exercise
● get enough
sleep
 ● do not smoke
● drink 8:55-9:10 AM
medications
as prescribed.

9:10-9:30 AM

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