title: Location of blood pressure measurement.
abstract: Health care workers in a rural community hospital were queried about factors associated with blood pressure (BP) accuracy. Results suggest remedial education regarding cuff size, patient position, arm position, and location for accurate BP measurement is needed.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, Moline, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Dorothy J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Pamela D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003657:Decision Making; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D007484:Iowa; D008297:Male; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D056888:Patient Positioning; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires