Total Points Possible

This assignment is worth 120 points.

Preparing the Assignment

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

1. Complete the outline templateLinks to an external site. provided for the sections highlighted in yellow and the “click to enter text here” is indicated.
2. Provide references for your protocol at the bottom of the form where indicated. References should come from the following sources:
   1. Clinical Practice Guidelines
      1. DyslipidemiaLinks to an external site.
      2. HTNLinks to an external site.  You can click on “Figures/Tables” on the right-hand side of the screen to take you to the algorithm/decision tree to get directly to the information you are looking for to work through the assignment to see how hypertension is treated according to this guideline.
   2. Course Textbook

Solution: 

HYPERTENSION PROTOCOL: INITIAL VISIT

• RATIONALE
  1. This protocol will assist in the differentiation between essential hypertension and renal artery stenosis to aid in the identification of patients in need of referral to nephrology to prevent further renal damage from an unidentified renal artery stenosis. The design of the protocol for UTI encompasses these principles.
• SYMPTOMS
  1. HYPERTENSION
     1. Blood pressure >140/90 mmHg
     2. Other possible subjective symptoms
        • Headache
        • Visual changes
        • Dyspnea
        • Chest pain
        • Sensory or motor deficit…………………..