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  • 1.  BP Competency

    Posted 09-23-2022 12:53
    Dear Team,
      We are putting on an organizational Skills Fair.  One station we are doing is Blood Pressure Manual Measurement competency.  We are looking for competency resources.  I have looked at many which have similar but varying ideas on proper measurement.  One resource say inflate the cuff to 180-200 and slowly deflate, one resources say use the radial pulse and do an estimated systolic BP technique.  One resource says you can only use the bell of the stethoscope, one says only diaphragm, one says you can use either.   
    My question is what resources do you utilize for evidence based practice.. I have been searching AHA, I was using the Iowa Health Plus toolkit, but it has one question that we do not agree with its accuracy when we utilize the quiz portion of the competency...  What competency assessments are you all utilizing?

    Thank you for any input,
    Bonnie

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    Bonnie Hooper
    Primary HealthCare
    Des Moines IA
    (515)248-1887
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  • 2.  RE: BP Competency

    Posted 09-24-2022 00:29
    Maybe try Perry and Potter Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques

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  • 3.  RE: BP Competency

    Posted 09-26-2022 08:34
    Bonnie,

    Our organization uses the Elsevier Nursing Skills program for our skills and best practices. It will reference their resources at the end of the text. Potter & Perry, AHA, AACN, and Wong's pediatrics are all referenced for the BP upper extremity skill, so it doesn't appear there is one source they're pulling everything from.

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    Andrea Kelly MSN,RN,NPD-BC
    Director, Population Health
    Vidant Medical Group
    Greenville NC
    (252)847-3930
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  • 4.  RE: BP Competency

    Posted 09-26-2022 08:58
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    Good morning,

     

    This is a link to Measurement of Blood Pressure in Humans: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYP.0000000000000087

     

     

    Thank you,

     

    Kim Sipos, BSN, RN, AMB-BC

    Nursing Professional Development

    SMG/Sentara Ambulatory Services Division

    835 Glenrock Rd., Suite 110

    Norfolk, VA 23502

    Office: 757-252-3324

    For clinical education inquiries contact SASDClinicalEduTeam@sentara.com

     

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  • 5.  RE: BP Competency

    Posted 09-26-2022 09:44
    Good Morning!

    We use the Perry and Potter, edition 10, chapter 5.  Vital Signs.

    Hope this helps.

    Sarah Holland, DOAN
    Holzer Health System

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    Sarah Holland RN
    Director of Ambulatory Nursing
    Holzer Health System
    Point Pleasant WV
    (740)446-5213
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  • 6.  RE: BP Competency

    Posted 09-26-2022 10:01
    Thank you all for this,
     I will buy the Perry Potter book.

    Best,
    Bonnie

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    Bonnie Hooper, RN,  BSN
    Clinic Training Specialist
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    PHC
    1200 University Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50314
    bhooper@phcinc.net| 515-248-1887

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