Descriptive, exploratory and quantitative study that in the moment presents a partial data analysis with the purpose of to consider the frequency of the alcoholic beverage use in a clientele with Arterial Hypertension attended in an ambulatory of a School Hospital of the Rio de Janeiro City and to discuss the relation between the alcohol use and the cardiovascular disease. The information collect was made in a School Hospital of the Rio de Janeiro City. It was used an orally applied questionnaire in 73 clients. We found 59.9% of hypertensive clients, from which 91.30% use some kind of medication against Hypertension and 74.36% refer to don't use alcoholic beverage. From the total of interviewed people 84.93% was from the feminine gender. It was observed in the literature that the moderate use of alcohol points to a protection against coronaries arterial disease. The study showed a control of the frequency of the alcohol ingestion which can be related to the time of ambulatory accompaniment of these clientele. It was examined an effective participation of nurses, students and teachers of nursing in the ambulatory assistance of the referred institution.
Nursing; Alcoholic Beverages; Cardiovascular Diseases