I was very surprised to find out we take pt. vitals... AT THE DENTIST! Weird right?
That being said, it is really easy. I personally have taken vitals before in a pediatric hospital when I was interning there. It was a long time ago, so I had to reach into my memory quite a bit. :)
I first struggled with finding the radial pulse, but my pod partner, Danielle, told me to use 3 fingers.
This was Genius!!!!
[[don't know why I didn't think of that before]]
After that, I was having troubles hearing the thumping sound.
So I had my pt. make a fist, and that seemed to help a lot too.
My husband is now very sorry that I have to do this because he is now my model at home. :)
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