Explains procedure maintaining face-to-face contact whenever possible
Places fingertips on thumb side of client’s wrist to locate radial pulse. Watch Radial Pulse demonstration
Assisting With a Bedpan
Count beats for one full minute
Signaling device is within reach
Washes hands
After obtaining pulse by palpation in radial artery position, records pulse rate within plus or minus 4 beats of evaluator’s reading
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