Question

You are to take vital signs of a young male in the ER . He is on the phone , having a heated conversation. you found him gesturing violently and pacing in the room. What is your nursing approach to accurately measure his vital signs? .
What about his blood pressure and heart rate measurement?

Contrast the most commonly used way of measuring body temperature versus the most accurate way.

Answer 1

#. The nursing approch to measure his vital signs is to wait for 10-15 mins to let him calm down so that reliable and accurate measurements can be taken . Because emotions such a anger , crying , shouting increases some of the vital signs leading to inaccurate information.

#. His blood pressure and heart rate measurements will be increased because of his violent behaviour and heated conversation .

#. The most commonly used way of measuring body temperature is oral temperature measuring

The most accurate method for taking a temperature is rectal method because this is an internal measurement