Goal Time Frame???

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Mar 29, 2008

it depends on what your interventions and treatments are. sometimes the timeframes of expectations are unknown which is why we evaluate and then adjust the interventions and goals at a later time. if your patient is going to a blood pressure clinic weekly, then a week is a good time frame to use because that is when his blood pressure is going to be evaluated. some times you just use common sense. other times you look up information about how the body reacts to things--not necessarily to be found in nursing textbooks, so you might need to go to the library.

what goals are you having problems timeframing?

Bambam22 · Mar 29, 2008

I am trying to time frame (goal is to reduce his blood pressure to below 140/99mmHg). He is going to be implementing exercise, DASH diet, and appropriate rest and relaxation. That being said, would it be appropriate to set short term weekly goals of decreasing blood pressure, and a long term goal to get below 140/99mmHg with a time frame of I do not know maybe a couple of weeks or a month... ( i do have references that tell me that the change in his diet should reduce his blood pressure by b/w 8-14mmHg, and exercise reduce his blood pressure by b/w 4-9mmHg, but I have no time frame)

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Mar 29, 2008

i would try searching the internet for a "hypertension clinic". or, check blood pressure information on the american heart institute website and the national heart lung and blood institute (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/) to see if you can find anything on this. one of my files says there are care guides for high blood pressure on http://adam.about.com/care/. these are various hypertension treatment guidelines that you can look through for information: http://www.guideline.gov/browse/browsemode.aspx?node=13436&type=1

i think a 10-point drop in systolic and diastolic blood pressure over one week time would be doable.