title: Blood pressure measurement: rational and ritual actions.
abstract: There is a prevailing wisdom that the taking and recording of arterial blood pressure is a non-problematic nursing activity. However, closer scrutiny reveals that the practices surrounding blood pressure measurement are subject to rational and ritual actions that have considerable significance for nursing practice.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davison
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'