Question

The mother of a new pediatric client asks why her preschool age child's blood pressure equipment was pumped up twice. Which would be the best response for the nurse to make to the mother? All blood pressure measurements should be done twice. The child moved, and I was not able to measure the first reading accurately "The first measurement was to help determine how high to pump the blood pressure cuff. O "I wanted to validate the reading 0.5 pts Question 7 The nurse is reviewing tasks that need to be completed over the next shift. Which peripheral pulse assessment should the nurse delegate to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) to complete? OApical Femoral Popliteal Brachial

Answer 1

Ans 6: I want to validate the reading.

B.P is measured twice in child to plan the care accordingly>

Ans 7: Brachial Pulse

UAP can measure, record and report the vital signs of the stable patient.The nurse ensures that the UAP knows the proper technique for taking vital signs and knows what values need to be reported immediately for patient.