Abstract
ABSTRACT
Hypertension urgency is an increase in blood pressure as in hypertension but without the damage to the
target organ. This hypertension urgency make blood pressure should be lowered immediately within 24
hours by giving oral antihypertensive drugs. Nursing problems that often arise in cases of urgency
hypertension are acute pain. This scientific work is done to know the nursing care in patients with
hypertension urgency. The granting of guided imagery technique used to manage the koping in a way of
fantasized or imagined something that started with the relaxation process. The implications of guided
imagery technique performed three consecutive days for three days for 15 to 30 minutes. The evaluation
of the action showed a significant reduction of pain from a four to eight pain scale with a duration of 15 to
30 minutes reduced to a maximum of two to three with a duration of approximately two minutes. Guided
imagery effective for lowering acute pain.
Keywords : Acute pain, hypertension urgency, guided imagery technique.