bryncvp
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I have a question for everyone. I got into a 'debate' the other day about what were appropriate vitals signs to take and when. My position is that automatically you usually take..BP, HR, RR, Glucose, pupil, LS, SPO2, EKG, and temp for just about every patient. It was argued that it is complete over kill to do that for almost every patient and only do the vitals that you 'need'. My point to that was that you dont really know what you need..until you need it. Do I think all of these vitals are crucial pieces of information for every patient...no. Do I think doing a complete assessment including these vitals is important..yes. Patients lie..they may not know what is important and what is not.
So my question is....what do you all take as standard vital signs for just about every patient?
So my question is....what do you all take as standard vital signs for just about every patient?