Topics About 'Vital Checks'.

Hi everyone! I am helping to set up procedure and policy for my facility. I work at an outpatient MDs office that only does EGDs and Colonoscopies, this office is under the auspices of a major medical center. How long do you document vital signs post...

I just started a new job in a hospital Transitional Care Unit. It's basically a nursing home in a hospital setting We have 23 beds and get post-op, or post infection patients on their way home or to a nursing home, hips, knees, and people who can't g...

Have you ever checked vital signs of a stranger (with their permission) while away from work? For example, you are walking down the street and you see someone that looks sick - do you check for vitals? Or, do you keep going? Share your story and...

Dear Nurse Beth, Recently, one of my co-worker pointed out that we keep charting patient refused for temp, O2 sat, pain and RR check. Patient speaks another language, alert oriented x3 and really refuse vital signs to be check. Is it allowed ...

I just started to work at a pediatric office. At my practice we usually take pulse rate with a pulse ox machine. I did intake on a school age patient whose pulse rate was high. I checked twice, it was still high so I put that in my assessment. The do...

My leader has asked me look into how frequently we should be documenting vitals for patients on respiratory support. She would like to require charting HR and RR Qhour for these patients but doesn't know where to draw the line. Should it be for ptss ...

What would you do in this scenario? A nurse is in a hospital room doing vital signs. The mother of the patient is visiting along with a couple other family members. The mother of the patient comments that she (the mother) isn't feeling great (feeling...