Hypertension: The Role Of Gret In Nursing Patients

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Greta is currently entering late adulthood and is suffering from dementia. She has always been a very strong and independent woman so accepting assistance and care is a difficult and abnormal process for her. Furthermore, due to her determination to maintain independence and her health, she often avoids little symptoms. This is really worrying as her health professionals have explained that her mini-strokes can turn into a life-threatening stroke if left untreated.
As she ignores the symptoms and doesn’t receive treatment for her hypertension and mini strokes, she continues to increase her risk of harming her health which could impair her further and require her to receive a higher level of care and lose more of her independence. Because of

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