presented by Amy Shortall-Cardillo, MSN, RN, COS-C, WCC
Financial: Amy Shortall-Cardillo is an employee at Concordia Visiting Nurses. She receives compensation from MedBridge for this course. There is no financial interest beyond the production of this course.
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Satisfactory completion requirements: All disciplines must complete learning assessments to be awarded credit, no minimum score required unless otherwise specified within the course.
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Amy Shortall-Cardillo, MSN, RN, COS-C, WCC
Amy Shortall-Cardillo is the director of compliance and education at Concordia Community Support Services in Cabot, Pennsylvania. In this role, she is responsible for the quality, compliance, and education programs for multiple home health, hospice, and private duty agencies. Amy ensures that each agency is working effectively toward achieving agency goals in accordance with the…
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1. Introduction
This chapter includes an introduction to checking a patient’s pulse, information on all of the equipment needed for this assessment, and recommended infection control policies.
2. Pulses
This chapter will provide a step-by-step procedure guide and video demonstration of checking a patient’s pulse.
3. Tips, Precautions, and Care Considerations
This chapter provides tips and considerations for checking a patient’s pulse in the home health setting.
4. Documentation Guidelines
This chapter provides recommendations on what to note when documenting a patient’s pulse.
5. Quiz and Bibliography
This chapter includes learning assessment questions to assess the learner’s knowledge of skills covered in this course. A bibliography of referenced material is also included.
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