Theory and practice of manual blood pressure measurement
Alison Cork Senior lecturer, University of Greenwich, London
This article outlines the process of taking a manual blood pressure measurement. The author suggests that it is a skill that nursing students should be using in clinical practice rather than relying on automated monitors.
Nursing Standard.
22, 14, 47-50.
doi: 10.7748/ns2007.12.22.14.47.c6304
Correspondence
a.d.cork@gre.ac.uk
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