PROCEDURE #14: PULSE AND RESPIRATION
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Do initial steps.
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Place resident’s hand on comfortable surface.
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Feel for pulse above wrist on thumb side with tips of first three fingers.
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Count beats for 60 seconds, noting rate, rhythm, and force.
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Continue position as if feeling for pulse. Count each rise and fall of chest as one respiration.
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Count respirations for 60 seconds noting rate, regularity, and sound.
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Record pulse and respiration rates.
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Report unusual findings to nurse.
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Do final steps.