An individual's vital signs are taken:
a. on admission to a healthcare facility.
b. when an individual's general physical conditionchanges
c. during a home healthcare visit.
d. all of the above.
d
An individual's vital signs are taken on admission to a
healthcare facility; on a routine schedule according to your
clinical judgment, a medical officer's order or hospital policy;
during a home healthcare visit; before and after a surgical procedure or an invasive diagnostic procedure; before and after
administration of certain medications that affect the cardiovascular, respiratory or temperature control function; when
an individual's general physical condition changes; before and
after nursing interventions influencing a vital sign; when an
individual reports non-specific symptoms of physical distress
(e.g.‘feeling funny'); and, before, during and after a transfusion of blood products.
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