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Preventative strategies in low- and middle-income countries emphasise frequent antenatal visits, symptom identification, patient education and the prophylactic use of calcium and low-dose aspirin to prevent HDP for nurses because they are the frontline workers at antenatal clinics countrywide.\n\nMethods:\u00a0This was a cross-sectional study where a self-administered questionnaire was conducted among nurses (midwives and professional nurses) employed at hospitals and clinics in Durban, South Africa, to assess their understanding and practices regarding identification and initial management of HDP, particularly for eclampsia and PE with severe features. The questionnaires were distributed in person by the researcher.\n\nResults:\u00a0Of the 106 respondents, most (88.7%) worked in the public sector, with over 5 years of experience (64.9%). There was a varied understanding of HDP categories: 72.6% identified gestational hypertension correctly; 49.1%, chronic hypertension; 93.4% PE and 83.0% eclampsia. Knowledge of the recommended treatments for severe PE (55.7%) and eclampsia (66.0%) was moderate with respect to the recommended anticonvulsant and rapid-acting antihypertensive agents, with only 10% recognising the role of aspirin for the prevention of HDP.\n\nConclusion:\u00a0Substantial knowledge deficiencies existed among nurses in managing HDP.\n\nContribution:\u00a0Their crucial role in both emergency and preventative care in South African healthcare settings, enhancing educational training on clinical management by providing continuous training and regular updates are imperative to reduce maternal and perinatal complications associated with HDP.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/safp.v66i1.5995","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,8]],"date-time":"2024-11-08T19:10:38Z","timestamp":1731093038000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Nurses\u2019 knowledge to identify, prevent and manage hypertensive disorder of pregnancy"],"prefix":"10.4102","volume":"66","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9823-9460","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Princess Z.","family":"Mkhize","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/04qzfn040","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of KwaZulu-Natal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0655-697X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vinogrin","family":"Dorsamy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/04qzfn040","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of KwaZulu-Natal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9742-4525","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Olive P.","family":"Khaliq","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/009xwd568","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of the Free State"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1130-9364","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jagidesa","family":"Moodley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/04qzfn040","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of KwaZulu-Natal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2580","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Say L, Chou D, Gemmill A, et al. 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