Hypertension Study Day
Thursday 26th April 2018
Centre of Nurse Education, Mercy University Hospital, Cork
This one-day course aims to provide nurses with an enhanced level of understanding of the evidence base for the assessment and management of hypertension in primary care practice. The course is designed for participants who undertake blood pressure monitoring and manage patients with hypertension in clinical practice. The programme was developed as a result of a collaboration between the School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University and the Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Working Party at the British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS).
09:15-09:30: Registration
09:30-10:00: Catriona Murphy (Lecturer, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU)
"Welcome, Introduction and Epidemiology of Hypertension in Ireland"
10:00-10:30: Joanne Loades (Independent Nurse Consultant and Specialist in Cardiovascular Disease)
"Blood pressure measurement and hypertension diagnosis and management using clinic, home and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring"
10:30-11:05: John Cox (General Practitioner, Fethard-on–Sea, New Ross, Co Wexford)
"Pharmacological hypertension treatment guidelines and clinical case scenarios"
11:05-11:25: Break
11:25-12:25: Jill Bunker (Registered Nurse, Independent Prescriber, Fellow of The British & Irish Hypertension Society)
"Interpretation of ambulatory blood pressure recordings (group work)"
12:25-13:00 Ruth Morrow (Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care))
"Setting up a nurse led hypertension service in General Practice"
13:00-13:45: Lunch
13:45-15:10: Shirley O’Shea (Snr. Health Promotion Officer, HSE South)
"Motivational interviewing for behaviour change"
15:10-15:25: Break
15:25-15:50: Janis Morrissey (Head of Health Promotion, Information and Training, Irish Heart Foundation)
"Key messages for hypertension prevention and lifestyle interventions"
15:50-16:00: Catriona Murphy (as above)
"Summary, evaluation and close"
Download a print friendly version of the full programme here.
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland Post-Registration Category 1 approved (5 Continuing Education Units)
Registration fee: €50
Register at https://dcubihshypertension.eventbrite.ie
For further information, contact: catriona.murphy@dcu.ie