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'''Vital signs''' include temperature, heart rate, [[Essential Hypertension|blood pressure]], respiratory rate<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/07/respiratory-rate/ Nurse Suspended for Consistently Charting Respiratory Rate of 16]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/pain-level-gcs-3-and-respiratory-rate-0/ Pain Level 0/10 Correlates with GCS 3 and Respiratory Rate 0]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/02/sleeping-beauty-narcan/ Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up After Single Dose of Narcan]</ref>, and the [[Patient Satisfaction Survey|Press Ganey score]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/09/monitors-and-electronic-medical-records/ Brand New Vital Sign Added to Monitors and Electronic Medical Records]</ref> Pain is not a f**king vital sign.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/06/pain-detector/ Pain Detector Gives Actual Pain Score]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/11/pain-scales/ 20 Out of 10 Medical Providers Annoyed by Patients’ Misuse of Pain Scales]</ref> Oxygen saturation isn't a vital sign, though it probably should be.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/12/anesthesiologists-tone/ Rectal Tone of Anesthesiologists Varies with Patients’ Oxygen Saturation]</ref> | '''Vital signs''' include temperature, heart rate, [[Essential Hypertension|blood pressure]], respiratory rate<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/07/respiratory-rate/ Nurse Suspended for Consistently Charting Respiratory Rate of 16]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/pain-level-gcs-3-and-respiratory-rate-0/ Pain Level 0/10 Correlates with GCS 3 and Respiratory Rate 0]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/02/sleeping-beauty-narcan/ Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up After Single Dose of Narcan]</ref>, and the [[Patient Satisfaction Survey|Press Ganey score]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/09/monitors-and-electronic-medical-records/ Brand New Vital Sign Added to Monitors and Electronic Medical Records]</ref> Pain is not a f**king vital sign.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/06/pain-detector/ Pain Detector Gives Actual Pain Score]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/11/pain-scales/ 20 Out of 10 Medical Providers Annoyed by Patients’ Misuse of Pain Scales]</ref> Oxygen saturation isn't a vital sign, though it probably should be.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/12/anesthesiologists-tone/ Rectal Tone of Anesthesiologists Varies with Patients’ Oxygen Saturation]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 09:27, 4 June 2017
Vital signs include temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate[1][2][3], and the Press Ganey score.[4] Pain is not a f**king vital sign.[5][6] Oxygen saturation isn't a vital sign, though it probably should be.[7]
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- ↑ Nurse Suspended for Consistently Charting Respiratory Rate of 16
- ↑ Pain Level 0/10 Correlates with GCS 3 and Respiratory Rate 0
- ↑ Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up After Single Dose of Narcan
- ↑ Brand New Vital Sign Added to Monitors and Electronic Medical Records
- ↑ Pain Detector Gives Actual Pain Score
- ↑ 20 Out of 10 Medical Providers Annoyed by Patients’ Misuse of Pain Scales
- ↑ Rectal Tone of Anesthesiologists Varies with Patients’ Oxygen Saturation
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