Nursing Skill Vital Signs template ATI PDF

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Summary

Nursing skills template relating to vital signs for ATI assignments...

Description

ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATE:

Nursing Skill

White STUDENT NAME Stacia _____________________________________ Signs SKILL NAMEVital ____________________________________________________________________________

REVIEW MODULE CHAPTER27 ___________

Description of Skill Vital signs are when you take measurements of the body's basuc functions such as temperature, respiration, blood pressure, and pulse.

Indications Vital signs give us a baseline of the patients current health status.

CONSIDERATIONS

Nursing Interventions (pre, intra, post) Before taking the clients vitals you must: -Be sure they do not have a latex allergy -Make sure they are not on any medications that may alter the readings -Have a pacemaker -Have a dialysis shunt -Had a mastectomy

Outcomes/Evaluation This gets you the patients baselines and shows you if there are any abnormal findings that will help you better assist the patient.

Potential Complications -Fever -Hypotensive -Hypertensive -Hyperventilation -Hypoventilation -Hypothermia

ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATES

Client Education Genral education can be provide when performing vitals such as what you as doing, how you will be performing each vital, and each vital's reading.

Nursing Interventions -Hand hygiene -Gloves/PPE if needed -Thermometer -Watch -Stethoscope -Blood pressure cuff

THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURE

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