Intervención de enfermería en paciente con hipertiroidismo e hipertensión arterial según la Teoría de Marjory Gordon

Abstract

Introduction: Hyperthyroidism is considered a disease that develops from the overproduction of thyroid hormones, due to various causes. This affects health to a great extent, being a medical and social problem, in the first instance, because it is estimated that, despite numerous studies, the approach to this pathology still has a certain complexity, in addition to being closely related to arterial hypertension, which is a chronic disease where the blood vessels suffer a constantly high tension. In the province of El Oro, statistical data show an incidence of 3%, while the prevalence in men ranges from 0.1 to 0.2% and in women from 1.9 to 2.7% with hyperthyroidism, also finding limited control of Arterial Hypertension. Objective: Design the nursing care process in a patient with a diagnosis of arterial hypertension and hyperthyroidism, through the planning of nursing interventions with the purpose of improving the quality of life of the patient and family according to the functional patterns of Marjory Gordon. Methodology: This case study has a qualitative, descriptive approach in relation to the patient's health-disease process, using an observational method from which the evolution of the patient as the object of this analysis can be evidenced. In addition, the clinical method is used, which consists precisely in the application of the scientific method to the study of the health-disease process.