CVD and Hypertension Management
📅 Duration: 3 hours (half-day)
🎓 Accreditation: ✅ CPD Accredited
👩⚕️ Audience: Registered Nurses working in Primary Care
🏥 Format: Available live online or face-to-face at your organisation
👥 Group Size: Up to 10 delegates
Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension Management
For Primary Care
Course Details:
Designed for registered healthcare professionals involved in cardiovascular risk assessment and the management of hypertension in primary care.
This session gives a clear overview of cardiovascular disease (CVD), its impact on population health, and its role in health inequalities. Participants will learn best‑practice techniques for accurate blood pressure measurement, confirming hypertension diagnoses, and assessing cardiovascular risk using validated tools to support safe clinical decisions.
Learners will build confidence in choosing evidence‑based, stepwise treatment options tailored to individual needs, including those with co‑morbidities. The session also covers recognising and escalating uncontrolled or resistant hypertension, delivering structured lifestyle advice, and documenting clinical decisions in line with national quality standards.
Learning Outcomes – CVD & Hypertension Management Training
By the end of this CPD-accredited course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its impact on health inequalities.
- Apply best practice techniques for blood pressure measurement and confirm hypertension diagnosis in line with current guidance.
- Assess cardiovascular risk using appropriate validated tools to support clinical decision-making.
- Select appropriate treatment using evidence-based stepwise management, considering co-morbidities and individual patient factors.
- Recognise features of uncontrolled or resistant hypertension and know when to escalate or refer.
- Deliver structured lifestyle advice using evidence-based behaviour change principles.
- Document defensible clinical decisions aligned to quality standards and national priorities.
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Why Choose Hickby?
👩⚕️ Nurse-led expertise
Delivered by experienced Clinical Nurse Educators with real-world practice.
🎓 CPD accredited
Assurance that training meets national professional standards.
📖 Evidence-based
Aligned with NICE, RCN, and NMC guidance for safe, effective care.
"Thank you, The educator helped me to feel relaxed and comfortable enough to shout answers out (which I usually don’t do). We were all given the opportunity to engage and get involved with the session."
Practice Nurse
for Primary Care
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