title: Monitoring pulse rate.
abstract: This article, part of Nursing Standards clinical skills series, illustrates the sites for palpating the pulse and outlines the correct procedure for monitoring and recording pulse rate. This information will assist nurses to perform the skill safely as part of cardiovascular assessment of the patient.
authors.affiliation: City Community and Health Sciences. karenra@city.ac.uk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rawlings-Anderson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004282:Documentation; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D015399:Nursing Research; D018579:Patient Selection; D011674:Pulse / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D012016:Reference Values; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology