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.