Wrist Blood Pressure Cuffs

[RNonRun]

While I am on the subject....

I understand that Wrist cuffs are not reliable. Fine.

Everyone in our facility uses one regaurdless. I am going to give in to one as well. Does anyone know if any are better than others???

I want to keep it under $70....

The Samsung looked ok..... and one called Omron rates itself well.

Any ideas are appreciated.

--leslie

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

I'm not sure what you're getting at.........do you want advice on choosing a model, or an OK to use one of these things despite knowing they are unreliable??

Personally, I wouldn't waste a dime on a wrist monitor, and shame on your facility for allowing/encouraging their use when 'everyone' knows they don't work!! What good is an inaccurate blood-pressure reading, anyway? It's like using a pregnancy test with a 50% false-negative rate........utterly useless, IMHO. :stone

[Cassinia]

I have one that I used on myself when doing some monitoring of my bp for renal problems. I have the Omron and was very happy w/that one as I compared it to the standard bp cuff @ the hosp. & the pressures were pretty close. Depending on the unit you're on though, it might be better to stay with the old fashioned method if having to decide on giving a med or not. But for general vitals, the wrist cuff does save time.