Blood pressure medication / checking blood pressure

[abeautifulmind]

Hello :) I am currently learning all my pharm about blood pressure medications (student) and am wondering since my time spent on a ward that not many people check blood pressures prior to administering morning blood pressure medication.

I am sure there is a reason for this, I am just wondering if there are CERTAIN BP medications that drop the BP or elevate it quite substantially and quickly that woudl merit a BP check prior to giving. Kind of like a PR check with Digoxin before administering.

[brownbook]

I can see no reason why a patient in a LTC would need their blood pressure checked ever time they took their routine am or pm blood pressure medication they have been taking for months or years.

I take an ace inhibitor every night and get my blood pressure checked once a year.

Sure use common sense. If you, the CNA, the family notices a change in their condition, the CNA's should know to notify you of an abnormal reading, etc.