Sjuksköterskans rutiner och metoder vid blodtrycksmätning
(2005)Department of Health Sciences
- Abstract
- Objective. The aim of the present study was to evaluate which methods and routines were used by nurses when measuring blood pressure, how they documented the results and how they kept their knowledge updated.Method. A survey study was conducted with 67 respondents from two different hospitals. The questionnaire included mostly structured questions and only twowere open.Results. Most of the respondents measured blood pressure at least twice or more in one working week. Only 49 percent of the respondents knew of the “Handbok för hälso- och sjukvård” Concerning methods of importance 50 percent answered factors related to patient, 47 percent answered factors related to istrument and technique and only 3 percent of the respondents answered... (More)
- Objective. The aim of the present study was to evaluate which methods and routines were used by nurses when measuring blood pressure, how they documented the results and how they kept their knowledge updated.Method. A survey study was conducted with 67 respondents from two different hospitals. The questionnaire included mostly structured questions and only twowere open.Results. Most of the respondents measured blood pressure at least twice or more in one working week. Only 49 percent of the respondents knew of the “Handbok för hälso- och sjukvård” Concerning methods of importance 50 percent answered factors related to patient, 47 percent answered factors related to istrument and technique and only 3 percent of the respondents answered factors related to observer.Conclusion. Even though blood pressure measurement often are conducted by the nurses their methods does not coincide with the recommendations of the “Handbok för hälso- och sjukvård”. However, the documentation of the measured results was relatively well performed. (Less)
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- Brändmark, Oskar and Hördin, Sara
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- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- blood pressure measurement, methods, routines, nurses role
- language
- English
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- 2529017
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abstract = {{Objective. The aim of the present study was to evaluate which methods and routines were used by nurses when measuring blood pressure, how they documented the results and how they kept their knowledge updated.Method. A survey study was conducted with 67 respondents from two different hospitals. The questionnaire included mostly structured questions and only twowere open.Results. Most of the respondents measured blood pressure at least twice or more in one working week. Only 49 percent of the respondents knew of the “Handbok för hälso- och sjukvård” Concerning methods of importance 50 percent answered factors related to patient, 47 percent answered factors related to istrument and technique and only 3 percent of the respondents answered factors related to observer.Conclusion. Even though blood pressure measurement often are conducted by the nurses their methods does not coincide with the recommendations of the “Handbok för hälso- och sjukvård”. However, the documentation of the measured results was relatively well performed.}},
author = {{Brändmark, Oskar and Hördin, Sara}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Sjuksköterskans rutiner och metoder vid blodtrycksmätning}},
year = {{2005}},
}