Title: Record vital signs.
Course: Medication Aide (14051-18) > Section: Preparing for Safe Administration of Medications

Recording should include measuring and recording temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the definitions of blood pressure, systolic, diastolic, apical pulse, radial pulse, oral temperature, rectal temperature, axillary temperature, and tympanic temperature?
- When do vital signs need to be measured and recorded?
- What are the normal ranges for blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and temperature?
- What are the factors that influence blood pressure, pulse, and temperature?
- What are the proper techniques for taking blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and temperature?
- What factors help an MA determine the site of temperature measurement?
- What circumstances alert the need to immediately report vital signs?