• Dr. Masood Ahmad Sheikh
• Uzma Padder
• Ovaise Aga
• Sheikh Shariq Rashid

Hypertension remains an important health challenge. Various factors might have contributed to this rising trend of hypertension. Moreover, the global burden of disease is already very high as the people are spending lots of money on drugs. Therefore it seems to be a necessity to create awareness in people regarding practices and complementary modalities. Practices and Complementary modalities play an important role in the management of hypertension. Hypertension is one of the important challenging disease. Its prevalence is increasing worldwide. As nurses have to take care of hypertensive patients. They must have adequate knowledge and practice regarding hypertension. As age increases blood pressure also increases. There are various other factors like obesity, stress, family history, dietary pattern which causes increase in blood pressure. The research design selected for the study was Quasi-experimental pretest post test one group. The study was conducted in the month of January, 2024 on 60 subjects. The findings analysed that In practices, on day 1, 88.3% average and 11.7% good practices. Day 2 and 3, 66.7% average and 33.3% good practices. Day 4, 43.3% average and 56.7% good practices. On day 5, 31.7% average and 68.3% good practices. Day 6 and 7, all nurses had good practices. The results alsao portrayed that there was significant association of practices with this demographic variable (age) among staff nurses regarding clinical pathway of hypertension. Finally the results concluded that Structured teaching program on practices regarding clinical patways of hypertension was very effective.

Assess, Effect, Knowledge, Practices, Clinical pathway, Hypertension, Staff Nurses and Nursing.

"A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAM ON PRACTICES REGARDING CLINICAL PATHWAY OF HYPERTENSION AMONG THE STAFF NURSES WORKING IN THE SELECTED HOSPITALS OF KASHMIR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no.f860-f870, June-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406599.pdf

"A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAM ON PRACTICES REGARDING CLINICAL PATHWAY OF HYPERTENSION AMONG THE STAFF NURSES WORKING IN THE SELECTED HOSPITALS OF KASHMIR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no. ppf860-f870, June-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406599.pdf