Basic Blood Pressure Measurement Training
DescriptionThis course is part of the Home Health Aide/Nursing Assistant Training library designed for agency or education institution use as an educational aid and resource in conjunction with hands-on instruction in a lab and or clinical setting supervised by a nurse educator. The agency or education institution is responsible for ensuring the learner has attained the knowledge and care skills, according to their state's requirements, before providing care to a client.
This is a self-paced course with optional knowledge check quizzes after each lesson. These non-graded quizzes allow you to check your understanding of the lesson objectives before proceeding to the next lesson. After the final lesson you will be required to take the final exam. You must score 70% or higher to pass the course and obtain a certificate of completion.
- Define blood pressure
- Differentiate between systolic and diastolic blood pressures
- List five factors which may affect blood pressure
- State the normal adult blood pressure range
- List the types of blood pressure measuring devices
- Identify the appropriate size cuff for individual patients
- State the procedure for blood pressure measurement
- State when to notify the health care professional of a blood pressure measurement
- Name special situations that require using a blood pressure procedure that differs from the usual procedure
- List common problems and solutions in measuring blood pressure
2 Contact Hour: based on 60 minute contact hour
The estimated time for completion for this activity is 2 hour(s).
This course is designed to meet the continuing education requirements of healthcare paraprofessionals, such as homehealth aide, nurses aide and personal care attendants.
Commercial Support: This course was developed in accordance with ANCC Commercial Support Guidelines. No commercial support was accepted for the development of this course.
Materials used in connection with this course may be subject to copyright protection. Retention of the materials for longer than the class term, unauthorized further dissemination of the materials, or use of copyrighted materials in any way other than intended for this class is prohibited by Copyright and Teach Act laws.
This course was developed with Rochester Community and Technical College's Continuing Education and Workforce Development Division located in Rochester Minnesota. Development was funded from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.