The Nurse's Role in Treating Hypertension

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A frequently voiced objection to screening programs for hypertension is fear of "overloading the system"—i.e., if less than 10 per cent of the estimated 23 million hypertensive patients are currently under care, who is going to treat these newly discovered patients, and where are they going to be followed? Doctors' offices are overcrowded, and the situation in clinics is even worse. In this issue of the Journal Alderman demonstrates one method for handling the problem of finding and treating patients without overloading the system.Backed by the union, he dovetailed a screening and treatment facility for department-store employees at their . . .

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