Blood Pressure In Nursing
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In this assignment I have chosen to discuss manual blood pressure a clinical skill, I performed whilst on placement as part of a community mental health team. I have chosen this skill as I was nervous about performing it in practice and could reflect on my experience. The aim of this essay is to reflect and discuss learning achieved and my application of the clinical skill in practice. The NMC require that as a nurse “you must have the knowledge and skills for safe and effective practice” (NMC 2008). A definition of the clinical skill is the pressure/exerted by the blood within the arteries, it can vary with the strength of the person’s heartbeat, and health conditions can effect a person’s blood pressure (Callaghan & Waldock …show more content…
Available at http://www.bhsoc.org/latest-guidelines/a/. Accessed 12 June 2013
Callaghan, P, Waldock, H (2006).Oxford Handbook of Mental Health nursing (1st edition) Oxford University Press, Oxford
Chambers, C. and Ryder, E. (2009) Compassion and Caring In nursing. 2nd edition. Oxford, New York: Radcliffe Publishing
Dougherty, L, Lister, S (2011) The Royal Marsden Hospital manual of Clinical Nursing Procedure of manual blood pressure to carry out the skill. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford
GIBBS, G. (1998) Learning by Doing: A Guide to Teaching and Learning. Further Educational Unit
GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health (2006b) From Values to Action: The CNO’s Review of Mental Health Nursing. Department of Health :London www.dh.gov.uk (Accessed May 20 2012)
Greenberg, LS (2007) Emotion in the therapeutic relationship in emotion-focused therapy, in Gilbert, P and Leah, R(eds) The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapies. Hove: Routledge.
Moss, B (2009) Communication skills for health and social care. London. Sage
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2010) Quality standard for hypertension S28. London: National Institute for Health and Care
In this assignment I have chosen to discuss manual blood pressure a clinical skill, I performed whilst on placement as part of a community mental health team. I have chosen this skill as I was nervous about performing it in practice and could reflect on my experience. The aim of this essay is to reflect and discuss learning achieved and my application of the clinical skill in practice. The NMC require that as a nurse “you must have the knowledge and skills for safe and effective practice” (NMC 2008). A definition of the clinical skill is the pressure/exerted by the blood within the arteries, it can vary with the strength of the person’s heartbeat, and health conditions can effect a person’s blood pressure (Callaghan & Waldock …show more content…
Available at http://www.bhsoc.org/latest-guidelines/a/. Accessed 12 June 2013
Callaghan, P, Waldock, H (2006).Oxford Handbook of Mental Health nursing (1st edition) Oxford University Press, Oxford
Chambers, C. and Ryder, E. (2009) Compassion and Caring In nursing. 2nd edition. Oxford, New York: Radcliffe Publishing
Dougherty, L, Lister, S (2011) The Royal Marsden Hospital manual of Clinical Nursing Procedure of manual blood pressure to carry out the skill. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford
GIBBS, G. (1998) Learning by Doing: A Guide to Teaching and Learning. Further Educational Unit
GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health (2006b) From Values to Action: The CNO’s Review of Mental Health Nursing. Department of Health :London www.dh.gov.uk (Accessed May 20 2012)
Greenberg, LS (2007) Emotion in the therapeutic relationship in emotion-focused therapy, in Gilbert, P and Leah, R(eds) The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapies. Hove: Routledge.
Moss, B (2009) Communication skills for health and social care. London. Sage
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2010) Quality standard for hypertension S28. London: National Institute for Health and Care