Hypertension Study Day
30th November 2017
Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
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).
09:30-09:45: Registration
09:45-10:00: Catriona Murphy (Lecturer, School of Nursing and Human Sciences, DCU, Dublin 9)
"Welcome, Introduction and Epidemiology of Hypertension in Ireland"
10:00-10:30: Naomi Stetson (Independent Nurse Consultant in Hypertension and CVD)
"Diagnosing and managing hypertension using clinic, ambulatory measurement and home blood pressure monitoring"
10:30-11:05: John Cox (General Practitioner, Fethard-on–Sea, New Ross, Co Wexford)
"Non pharmacological and pharmacological hypertension treatment guidelines and common issues arising in General Practice"
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), Primary Care Centre, Carrigallen, Co Leitrim)
"Setting up a Hypertension service in General Practice"
13:00-13:45: Lunch
13:45-15:10: Irene Gibson (Director of Programmes and Prevention Nurse Specialist, Croí the West of Ireland Cardiac Foundation. Co Galway)
"Motivational interviewing for behaviour change"
15:10-15:25: Break
15:25-15:50: Jill Bunker/Naomi Stetson (as above)
"Medication optimisation"
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://www.eventbrite.ie/e/hypertension-study-day-tickets-38342639868
For further information, contact: catriona.murphy@dcu.ie