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Material:
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Assessing Blood Pressure
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| Submitted by: |
Kristie Patrick-Austin, MSN, RNC on Jun 30, 2010 |
| Date Last Modified: |
Jun 30, 2010 |
| Title: |
Assessing Blood Pressure |
| Description: |
Descriptions of how to properly take a blood pressure. Definitions and pictures. Practice with module, and test at the end |
| Type of Task: |
Individual,
Unsupervised
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| Time Required |
30 minutes |
| Topics: |
Assessing Blood Presssure with practice simulations |
| Course: |
AHLT 120 |
| Audience: |
College General Ed
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| Prerequisites Skills: |
The Human Body in Health & Disease
Chapters 13 and 14 |
| Learning Objectives: |
Student will define appropriate equipment for taking blood pressure.
Student will list correct size and position of blood pressure cuff.
Student will practice inflating cuff and record readings.
Student will take exam and record/print score for discussion in class. |
| Technical Notes: |
Exercise takes 30 minutes. Read chapters 13 and 14, then go to the module and practice what you have learned. |
| Text of Learning Exercise: |
Prerequisite is to read The human Body in Health and Disease textbook - Chapter 13 "The Heart and Heart Disease" p. 372 and Chapter 14 "The Circulation of the Blood" p. 394 |
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