Impact of Advanced Practical Nursing Intervention Versus Usual Care on Hypertension Control

"Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) intervention between the ambulatory hospitalization (AH) and the MD consultation~APN intervention is divided into five main steps:~* clinical and paraclinical examinations,~* appraisal of patient's knowledge,~* health education on hypertension and treatments,~* setting a written medication plan with the patient to invest him in his management with adjusting or renewing treatments identically if necessary~* decision-making balance between the benefits and risks of non-adherence to medication. A time is scheduled at the end of the intervention to let the patient ask questions or express his difficulties if he needs to."