Category Archives: apical pulse

-4 months ago – odd sensation of wind lightly blowing through leg hairs (even when pants on) -About same time – noticing tiny spider-veins. -1-2 months ago – very slight non-pitting edema in ankle. – 1 month ago – physical … Continue reading →

we took blood pressure today in school and mine was extremely high. my blood pressure has always been somewhat on the high side before. around 140-145 over 89-95 somewhere around there. anyways today was our last day of school, was … Continue reading →

i have a doctors appt. over the summer but this has kind of been bothering me so i was going to see if anyone on here had any ideas on what might be wrong with me. here are my symptoms … Continue reading →

i’m only 17 and im really concerned about my health right now. my blood pressure this year has been pretty high and beginning of summer it has been 172/108. my fasting blood sugar is 103, dont know if thats bad? … Continue reading →

Is a Sphygmomanometer used to take the apical pulse? A sphygmomanometer is use to take blood pressure. To take an apical pulse you need to listen with a stethoscope to the heart and count how many beats in one minute.

A patient has been prescribed a B-blocker. She is about to be released from the hospital, but first her nurse gives her instructions about taking her apical pulse for 1 full minute, as well as her blood pressure. Why? What … Continue reading →

A patient has been prescribed a B-blocker. She is about to be released from the hospital, but first her nurse gives her instructions about taking her apical pulse for 1 full minute, as well as her blood pressure. Why? What … Continue reading →

How do you not get stressed out about touching a woman’s breast for an apical pulse when you haven’t had sex for a long time (I’m a guy)? They’re making us do this at nursing school I just started. I … Continue reading →

How do you not get stressed out about touching a woman’s breast for an apical pulse when you haven’t had sex for a long time (I’m a guy)? They’re making us do this at nursing school I just started. I … Continue reading →

This is for taking the apical pulse. What if you can’t find any of the landmarks? You may not find it in the morbidly obese, but there’s a little less padding at the sternal border to find the fifth, and … Continue reading →