Posts by Yvonne Commodore-Mensah
Health Equity: Cardiovascular Nurses’ Role
Advancing Health Equity Health equity has been defined as “When every person has a fair opportunity to attain his or her full health potential, and no one is disadvantaged from…
Read MoreCardiac Biomarkers and COVID-19
This article on biomarkers and COVID-19 was co-written by Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, MPH, RN and Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN. What Nurses Should Know About Cardiac and Inflammatory Biomarkers and COVID-19…
Read MoreSelf-measured Blood Pressure Monitoring: Using a Validated Device is Key to Accurate Measurement
Using a clinically accurate validated device for blood pressure monitoring is important in the battle against uncontrolled hypertension. Uncontrolled Hypertension Remains a Clinical and Public Health Challenge Approximately, 46% of…
Read MoreThe Path to Reversing Worsening Hypertension Control in the US
Calling All Nurses: The Path to Reversing Worsening Hypertension Control in the US A recent study points to a trend of worsening hypertension control in the United States. What is…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease: Key Considerations for Cardiovascular Nurses
This article was co-written by Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, MPH, RN and Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus…
Read MoreInternational Year of the Nurse and Midwife 2020
Implications for Cardiovascular Nurses The World Health Organization (WHO), International Confederation of Midwives, International Council of Nurses, Nursing Now and the United Nations Population Fund have joined forces to declare…
Read MoreA World Under Pressure: The Growing Burden of Hypertension
The global burden of hypertension was estimated at approximately 1.4 billion in 2010, and is projected to exceed 1.6 billion by 2025.1,2 Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which include hypertension, caused 40.5 million…
Read MoreMetabolically Healthy Obesity: Fact or Fiction?
Obesity is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), and the prevalence of obesity is approximately 40% among U.S. adults.1 Yet obesity, defined solely based on body mass index…
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