Danielle_Nicole887 replied to Raquel.Perez's topic in NICU, Neonatal
I was hired as a new grad in the nicu. I had done a placement in the unit which helped but you don't nevessarily have control over placemnet you get. I had also taken accredited online nicu courses...
Two scenarios: 1) If you put a tourniquet on an arm, waited a bit then took BP on that same arm (below the tourniquet), would bp be artifically increase or decreased? 2) If you applied manual...
Danielle_Nicole887 replied to Danielle_Nicole887's topic in General Nursing
I suppose the distinction here is the purpose of the tourniquet - I'm assuming it's used for phlebotomy for example (not to stop uncontrolled bleeding), in which case the purpose is not to entire stop...
Danielle_Nicole887 replied to Danielle_Nicole887's topic in General Nursing
You are listening to the artery, specifically turbulent blood flow within it. You inflate the cuff to the point it totally occludes the artery (and hear nothing), the point you first hear a sound -...
Danielle_Nicole887 replied to Danielle_Nicole887's topic in General Nursing
BP measures the force that the blood exerts on the arterial wall, if you are decreasing an artery, you are decreasing diameter of the artery which increases the flow and resistance the blood has to go...
Danielle_Nicole887 replied to Danielle_Nicole887's topic in General Nursing
I think that it will cause an artificially high BP.. Compression will decrease circulation and cause blood to pool in the limb (because the veins are compressed and can't return the blood effectively...