Fundamentals
Review
, Basic Nursing Skills &
Vital Signs
Taking a blood pressure and review implications on using
wrong size cuffs.
Know your normal parameters for all your Vital Signs.
Abnormal Vital Signs- what are your implementations?
Know your techniques:
o For a leg blood pressure
o Orthostatic blood pressure monitoring
o For the 2-step blood pressure technique
o Repeat blood pressures
Nursing interventions for abnormal temperatures,
respirations and pulses.
BP – orthostatic, lie, sit, stand – when can differences
occur.
, Vital Signs
Continued….
Taking the temperature of your patient
o Know the different ways to take temperature and which one
would be more appropriate.
o Circadian Rhythm
o Hypothermia
o Hyperthermia
o Know how to take a tympanic temperature
Taking the pulse of your patient
o Know your sites
o Factors that influence pulse range
o Pulse Deficit
o Apical pulse
o Pedal pulses
Taking the respiration of your patient
o Factors influencing respirations and saturation levels
o Review Clinical Text: skill 5-4 on page 86-87.
Review
, Basic Nursing Skills &
Vital Signs
Taking a blood pressure and review implications on using
wrong size cuffs.
Know your normal parameters for all your Vital Signs.
Abnormal Vital Signs- what are your implementations?
Know your techniques:
o For a leg blood pressure
o Orthostatic blood pressure monitoring
o For the 2-step blood pressure technique
o Repeat blood pressures
Nursing interventions for abnormal temperatures,
respirations and pulses.
BP – orthostatic, lie, sit, stand – when can differences
occur.
, Vital Signs
Continued….
Taking the temperature of your patient
o Know the different ways to take temperature and which one
would be more appropriate.
o Circadian Rhythm
o Hypothermia
o Hyperthermia
o Know how to take a tympanic temperature
Taking the pulse of your patient
o Know your sites
o Factors that influence pulse range
o Pulse Deficit
o Apical pulse
o Pedal pulses
Taking the respiration of your patient
o Factors influencing respirations and saturation levels
o Review Clinical Text: skill 5-4 on page 86-87.
