Nursing care process in the treatment of hypertension induced by pregnancy

Introduction: Blood pressure is the force that the blood exerts against the walls of the arteries, which is why hypertension or also known as high blood pressure is when this force exerted is too high and it is likely to appear more frequently in the gestation period since pregnancy-induced hypertension is responsible for maternal morbidity and mortality and occurs in 5% to 10.3% of cases. Objective: To identify the process of nursing care in the treatment of hypertension induced by pregnancy. Methodology: A review of some articles published in Pubmed, Scielo, during the years 2019 to 2022 about pregnancy-induced hypertension was carried out. As inclusion criteria, the original and updated articles related to the research topic were taken into account and some articles that did not correspond to the years of antiquity requested at the time of carrying out the research work were excluded. Results: The assessment was made based on the functional patterns of Marjorie Gordon and the Nursing Care Process was applied Conclusions: In the development of this case, activities were developed with the purpose of providing quality care and warmth to each of the patients, improving their stay at the first level of care, since hypertension in the gestation period continues to be an important problem. This is a health problem, so the prognosis and timely treatment of this pathology is essential to take care of the health and well-being of the mother-child pair through control and care by health personnel.