Blood pressure measurement: assessing staff knowledge
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Blood pressure measurement: assessing staff knowledge

Anice Gillespie Assistant Director of Nursing Services, The Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust, Glasgow
Joan Curzio Project Leader and Assistant Director, Nursing Research Initiative for Scotland

Even though blood pressure measurement is a common clinical procedure, this research found that many nurses did not understand or perform the technique correctly. The researchers recommend ways of overcoming this deficiency.

Nursing Standard. 12, 23, 35-37. doi: 10.7748/ns1998.02.12.23.35.c2498

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