Vital Signs: Part 2

Objectives: Demonstrate how to measure a client’s body temperature. Demonstrate how to measure a client’s pulse. Demonstrate how to measure a client’s respiration. Demonstrate how to measure a client’s blood pressure. Determine how to assess a client’s pain.

Description: This class teaches caregivers the techniques for measuring vital signs: temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and pain. Caregivers will learn when to measure temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure, the normal ranges for each, and what to do when measurements are outside normal ranges.