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

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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:

Specializes in LTC.
Depending on my patient load I'll probably just take VS on my own, not have the CNA do it.[/quote']

I work in LTC, so out of usually 35-40 residents I might have 8-12 VS to take. It might be a little rushed, but I always have time to make sure something is done right.

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Specializes in private duty/home health, med/surg.
Maybe she was standing on her head when she took the BP :lol2:

Or maybe the patient was standing on his head? :yeah:

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Specializes in pediatric critical care.
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:

Really? Then she doesn't want a job.

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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:

Falsifying information, deceit re: skills actually known, not even a good fake, ignorant of BASIC skills.... why is she still there? Education is all well and good, but this isn't someone who came and asked for help- she lied and expected to get away with it. That is not teachable- that is character flaw.... education doesn't fix that. :)

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Specializes in Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych.

I worked with a nurse once (an EEN) who confessed to me that she did not know how to do BPs at all - manually or otherwise. She'd been making them up for about 2 years I think it was. I was curious and asked her how she made them up? She said she just looked at the last reading and made hers a little higher or lower, but not too much so as not to be too noticeable. Then she would say to another nurse I wasn't sure if I heard this BP properly, can you double check? I urged her to contact her old educators and get some lessons, but I don't know if she ever did. She told me she never really learned it properly in nursing school. Makes you wonder doesn't it.

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Specializes in behavioral health.

I can remember at one job, the automatic BP was way off. When I followed up with manual, it was WNL. After that incident, we were no longer allowed to use the auto BP that we had at facility.

IMHO, the auto machines give an approximate reading. I believe the manual BP cuffs are the most accurate. And, I believe that it is way quicker than the automatic. On the up side, you can slap it on and multi-task. But, to wait for a reading is longer than a manual BP. So, there are pros and cons to the auto machines.

However, everyone should know how to do a BP before being permitted to use an automatic. As one should know basic arithmetic when relying on cash register to do the work. In the event of a power outage, sometimes people need to use their brains.

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I can remember at one job, the automatic BP was way off. When I followed up with manual, it was WNL. After that incident, we were no longer allowed to use the auto BP that we had at facility.

IMHO, the auto machines give an approximate reading. I believe the manual BP cuffs are the most accurate. And, I believe that it is way quicker than the automatic. On the up side, you can slap it on and multi-task. But, to wait for a reading is longer than a manual BP. So, there are pros and cons to the auto machines.

However, everyone should know how to do a BP before being permitted to use an automatic. As one should know basic arithmetic when relying on cash register to do the work. In the event of a power outage, sometimes people need to use their brains.

Please say this again :)

It amazes me how totally dependent on machines we have become... they are tools, not substitutes :D

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Specializes in LTC.
Please say this again :)

It amazes me how totally dependent on machines we have become... they are tools, not substitutes :D

Amen! God forbid we would have to actually have to TOUCH a patient to assess them! The horror!:D

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I'm waiting for thermometers that can be thrown at an open mouth like some bizarre dart game :anbd::oornt:

A rectal temp???? Bad visuals on that one :D

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Specializes in LTC.
I'm waiting for thermometers that can be thrown at an open mouth like some bizarre dart game :anbd::oornt:

A rectal temp???? Bad visuals on that one :D

Sorry...I have to say it....BULLSEYE!:lol2:

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:hpygrp::cheers:

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Specializes in Float.

I've seen a fellow tech write her vitals with the MAP interpreted as the pulse, when I told her that MAP meant maximum amount of pressure, she gave me a blank look as if to say, "Did I ask you?" I believe to this day that she's still using the MAP as a pulse. :eek:

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