The objective of this study was to test the effectiveness of an educational intervention with use of educational technology (flipchart) to promote quality of life (QOL) and treatment adherence in people with hypertension. It was an intervention study of before-and-after type conducted with 116 hypertensive people registered in Primary Health Care Units. The educational interventions were conducted using the flipchart educational technology. Quality of life was assessed through the MINICHAL (lowest score = better QOL) and the QATSH (higher score = better adherence) was used to assess the adherence to hypertension treatment. Both were measured before and after applying the intervention. In the analysis, we used the Student’s t-test for paired data. The average baseline quality of life was 11.66 ± 7.55, and 7.71 ± 5.72 two months after the intervention, showing a statistically significant reduction (p <0.001) and mean of differences of 3.95. The average baseline adherence to treatment was 98.03 ± 7.08 and 100.71 ± 6.88 two months after the intervention, which is statistically significant (p < 0.001), and mean of differences of 2.68. The conclusion was that the educational intervention using the flipchart improved the total score of quality of life in the scores of physical and mental domains, and increased adherence to hypertension treatment in people with the disease.

Objetivo: compreender a relação interpessoal entre o enfermeiro e o paciente, sob a ótica do sistema interpessoal de Imogene King. Método: estudo qualitativo com dois grupos focais realizados em uma Unidade de Atenção Primária à Saúde. Os dados foram analisados por categorização temática tendo como arcabouço teórico analítico o Sistema Interpessoal do Modelo Conceitual de Sistemas Abertos. Resultados: As análises permitiram a formulação de três categorias: 1) ações da interação e comunicação impulsionadoras da efetividade nas relações interpessoais; 2) tempo e virtudes na interação e no papel do enfermeiro nas relações interpessoais; e 3) tensões nas relações interpessoais. A interação no cuidado de enfermagem esteve relacionada a ações que envolviam atenção e carinho que resultaram em vínculo terapêutico quando a comunicação foi compreensível. A interação tornasse efetiva quando há tempo suficiente para o conhecimento mútuo. Os papéis de cada sujeito estiveram permeados pelas virtudes da responsabilidade, paciência e sabedoria. A relação interpessoal pode sofrer fissuras com ações que desequilibram a relação, surgindo o estresse ou mesmo a violência. Conclusão: a relação interpessoal entre enfermeiro e paciente foi marcada por comportamentos permeados pela linguagem, capazes de serem compreendidos pelo sistema interpessoal.

The objective was to report the case of inclusion of a visually impaired in health education activities with the nurse as ledor of an educational technology. It is a case study carried out in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. The research was carried out from the theory of Virginia Henderson. He was diagnosed Deficit knowledge. They applied to the scales of NOC "knowledge -disease control and disease process" to evaluate the results. Nursing interventions were performed through an Educational Technology: flipchart on hypertension, treatment adherence and quality of life. The album dealt six activities of the NIC taxonomy. For the implementation of nursing intervention was developed a method with the following