title: Theory and practice of manual blood pressure measurement.
abstract: This article outlines the process of taking a manual blood pressure measurement. The author suggests that it is a skill that nursing students should be using in clinical practice rather than relying on automated monitors.
authors.affiliation: University of Greenwich, London. a.d.cork@gre.ac.uk
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cork
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013338:Students, Nursing