“…7 It is worth highlighting the importance of nursing in PHC, with functions that range from the management and maintenance of UBS functioning to actions directed at individuals, families and community, in order to guarantee integral assistance, health promotion and protection and disease prevention, including in the monitoring and control of HT in elderly individuals. 8 Estimates show a prevalence of 35.8% of HT among Brazilians, with men being the majority. 9 The Brazilian Society of Cardiology listed the main risk factors for HT, being: age, sex and ethnicity, overweight and obesity, high salt intake, alcoholism, sedentary lifestyle, socioeconomic factors and genetics, 5 being essential that, in addition to the treatment, the modifiable factors are also reversed for BP control.…”