Evidence-based practice efforts to fill the gap that has been produced in the care of the patient and implement better results and healthier people due to the merger of clinical experience and evidence (Chrisman et al., 2014). As a nurse, I witnessed that the measurements of the blood pressure of some patients often vary if I check the Blood pressure 30 minutes after first checking. After the consumption of the meal, I observed an increase in blood pressure, due to which I had to give them medicines.
That makes me uncomfortable about this issue. After 2 to 3 days of repeating this issue, I finally came to know that it is because of the reading of Blood pressure before and after the consumption of food because the body needs additional oxygen to break the food particles into pieces to digest it properly. So, this consumption of food requires the addition of more oxygen to help in the release of digestive enzymes and acids (Roberts et al., 2002). So, this oxygenated blood flows inside the vessels of the blood.
Because of this, the body needs more blood from the heart for the gastric system. This results in a faster cardiac output effect, which shows an increase in blood pressure. So, I talked to my authority about this concern. They made a thorough observation of this issue and did some experiments on the patients in this concern. After successful tests and concerns from us (nurses), they changed the policy about taking the blood pressure of any patient. It should also be made compulsory for all staff to check blood pressure before or after a significant gap in the patient’s meal so that accurate measurements can be made.
References
Chrisman, J., Jordan, R., Davis, C., & Williams, W. (2014). Exploring evidence-based practice research. Nursing made Incredibly Easy, 12(4), 8-12.
Roberts, C. K., Vaziri, N. D., & Barnard, R. J. (2002). Effect of diet and exercise intervention on blood pressure, insulin, oxidative stress, and nitric oxide availability. Circulation, 106(20), 2530-2532.
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