Key result
Nurse consultation training increases discussions about alcohol and patient responsibility while decreasing time on scheduling.
Why the study?
Nurses in hypertension care play an important role in minimizing cardiovascular risk factors, but this care can be improved.
Does consultation training improve the content of nurses' consultations with hypertensive patients?
Does consultation training improve the content of nurses' consultations with hypertensive patients?
Consultation training for nurses in hypertension care helps emphasize important issues for cardiovascular risk factor control.
BACKGROUND: Nurses in hypertension care play an important role in minimising the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, but this care can be improved. AIM: To evaluate the content of nurses' consultations with hypertensive patients before and after consultation training. METHODS: Nineteen nurses from a randomised study of nurse-led hypertension clinics at health centres received three days of residential training in patient-centred counselling and cardiovascular prevention. To assess the result, two consultations with hypertensive patients in clinical practice before and after the training were audio-recorded. Content analysis was used for the analysis. RESULTS: Diet and exercise were the most frequent topics in the consultations both before and after the training. Discussions about alcohol and the patient's responsibility for treatment increased after the training. The time spent talking about various issues, other health problems, history and appointment scheduling decreased in the consultations after the training. CONCLUSION: After the consultation training, the nurses succeeded in emphasising important issues for risk factor control to a greater extent.
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Drevenhorn et al. (2009) studied Hypertension (n=19). Consultation training in patient-centred counselling and cardiovascular prevention vs. Pre-training consultations was evaluated on Content of nurses' consultations with hypertensive patients. Consultation training for nurses increased discussions about alcohol and patient responsibility, and decreased time spent on other health problems and appointment scheduling.
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