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Christina Rafano reviews hypertension essentials for the NCLEX. High diastolic pressure means the heart isn't relaxing properly. Always check blood pressure and heart rate before giving cardiac or blood pressure medications.
Christina Rafano reviews hypertension essentials for the NCLEX. High diastolic pressure means the heart isn't relaxing properly. Always check blood pressure and heart rate before giving cardiac or blood pressure medications.
Let's walk through key nclex points for hypertension. So what's happening here is that the pressure in the blood vessels in the body is increased, causing the heart to have to work harder to pump more blood. Now there's two numbers that you'll need to know about in nursing school. These are really, really important and nursing exams love to test you on them. The systolic number, this is the top number and this is the pressure in the vessels when the heart contracts. Now the diastolic number is the bottom number. The diastolic pressure is the pressure in the vessels when the heart relaxes. Now this is very, very key. We want to make sure that the diastolic number is as low as low. If it's too high, that means the heart is not relaxing. Now a key, key point that you've got to know for your nursing exams and at clinical is anytime you give a blood pressure medication that you always assess your patient's blood pressure and heart rate before giving any cardiac med.
