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测量并记录桡动脉脉搏怎么做

You take a radial pulse by feeling the artery on the thumb side of the wrist and counting the beats. The one idea that makes it click: count for a full 60 seconds and record within four beats of the evaluator — no shortcuts, no thumb.

分步操作

  1. 1

    Knock, wash your hands, introduce yourself, and identify the resident.

  2. 2

    Explain what you are doing, provide for privacy, and have a watch with a second hand ready.

  3. 3

    Rest the tips of two or three fingers on the thumb side of the resident's inner wrist to find the radial pulse. Never use your thumb — it has its own pulse.关键

  4. 4

    Once you feel a steady beat, count the pulse for one full 60 seconds.关键

  5. 5

    Note the rate, and observe whether the rhythm is regular and the beat is strong or weak.

  6. 6

    Make the resident comfortable and place the call signal within reach.

  7. 7

    Wash your hands.

  8. 8

    Record the pulse rate and report anything abnormal to the nurse.关键

关键步骤(千万别漏)

  • Count the full 60 seconds — never count 15 or 30 seconds and multiply.
  • Your recorded rate must be within plus or minus 4 beats per minute of the evaluator's reading.
  • Palpate with your fingertips on the thumb (radial) side of the wrist, never with your own thumb.
  • Wash hands and record before leaving, and leave the signaling device within reach.

常见错误

  • Counting for a partial period and multiplying, which loses accuracy on an irregular pulse.
  • Using the thumb to palpate and accidentally counting your own pulse.
  • Forgetting to record, or recording outside the plus/minus 4-beat tolerance.
  • Leaving without placing the call light within the resident's reach.

为什么这样做

The radial artery lies just under the skin at the wrist, so light fingertip pressure feels each heartbeat. A full minute captures any irregular beats that a 15- or 30-second count would miss, and the plus/minus 4-beat tolerance is the exam's proof that you actually counted rather than estimated.

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来源: NNAAP-aligned Radial Pulse checklist — LibreTexts 'Nursing Assistant (Reuter)' Ch.7 (WTCS/Open-education); tolerance corroborated by the Credentia NNAAP candidate handbook.