Ridiculous V/S...are you out of your mind?

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Specializes in LTC.

I had a CNA hand me the vitals and tell me a BP was low. She had 60/70 written down. She also admitted she does not know how to or want to use a manual cuff. :mad:

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Spooky.

I am guessing she uses ESP to get the vitals.

How did you handle the situation? Write her up? Educate?

I am curious.

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Specializes in Emergency.

bahaha,

This is ridiculous. Hopefully you showed her how to use a manual cuff... I am all for education over writing up, I think it does more good for the majority of the people in the long run. If she refuses to learn or even try to learn, thats when she just has to go.

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Specializes in ER/ICU/STICU.

So she admitted to not knowing how to use the equipment and essentially admitted to making up the BP? I would recommend education, however how are you to trust this individual in the future? Anytime you delegate something to them there is always going to be some sort of doubt over if it was actually done and done properly.

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Specializes in LTC.
Spooky.

I am guessing she uses ESP to get the vitals.

How did you handle the situation? Write her up? Educate?

I am curious.

Educated. Had her come with me and watch and demonstrate how to take a manual B/P. It still makes me furious to know that not only would someone not know, but have no desire to know. Is taking a manual B/P obsolete now? I have overheard someone say they didn't know how to get a pulse without the machine. And I am pretty sure some of them use ESP because I have recieved a full set of vitals on a pt. out of the unit to dialysis. Amazing!:eek:

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Emergency, CEN.
:eek: How long has she been making up vital signs?... yikes!
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Specializes in LTC.
So she admitted to not knowing how to use the equipment and essentially admitted to making up the BP? I would recommend education, however how are you to trust this individual in the future? Anytime you delegate something to them there is always going to be some sort of doubt over if it was actually done and done properly.

I won't. I will do my own. Makes me wonder how many sets I have received that were inaccurate, incorrect, or just plain BS.

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When I started out, I was scared to death of the manual bp cuff. I practiced and practiced until it 'clicked'. I prefer using the manual over the other doohickey.

The difference between that CNA and me is that I wanted to learn.

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Specializes in LTC.

Maybe she was standing on her head when she took the BP :lol2:

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Maybe she was standing on her head when she took the BP :lol2:

You are too much, fuzzy :yeah:

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Specializes in LTC.
Maybe she was standing on her head when she took the BP :lol2:

:lol2: You know, if I just wanted to pull vitals out of my butt, I would probably make them believable. And possible. Not even a good liar.

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Depending on my patient load, I'll probably just take VS on my own, not have the CNA do it.

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