Assessment of manual blood pressure and heart rate measurement skills of pharmacy students: A follow-up investigation

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Elliott, Katherine E ^a   McCall, Kenneth L ^a,b   Fike, David S ^a   Polk, Jill ^a   Raehl, Cynthia ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Texas Tech School of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Pharmacy students; Physical assessment; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHARMACY STUDENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAL SIGN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MANOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARD; STETHOSCOPE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; STETHOSCOPES; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 46749085161     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj720360     Document Type: Article

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