Using health coaching to improve patients' BP management

Abstract

Nurses have unique opportunities to influence patient outcomes and reduce healthcare expenditures. Health coaching is one patient-centered strategy nurses can use to improve the limited health literacy often associated with hypertension. This article describes the use of health coaching to help patients understand their medications and give them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to self-manage their hypertension.

In Brief

Initiating health coaching for patients with poorly controlled hypertension is an appropriate role for RNs. Use this patient-centered strategy to help patients with limited health literacy understand their medications and manage their hypertension.