Vital Signs: Respiratory Rate
Presented by Amy Shortall-Cardillo and Clinical Procedure Manual Review Board
Nonfinancial: Amy Shortall-Cardillo has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Respiratory rate is a fundamental vital sign skill that is used to monitor various conditions being addressed in home healthcare. This is an assessment of breathing status that includes observations of the rate, depth, and pattern of breathing of the patient.
In this training, we’ll review the equipment and procedures for assessing a patient’s respiratory rate. This course includes
• Video demonstrations of procedures
• Downloadable procedure guide PDFs
• Tips and best practices for performing these procedures in the home
It is important to observe both inspiration, or breathing air into the body, and expiration, pushing old air out of the body. This skill applies to all home health staff, including nurses, aides, and therapists.
Meet your instructors
Amy Shortall-Cardillo
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…
Clinical Procedure Manual Review Board
The Medbridge Clinical Procedure Manual Review Board ensures the development and maintenance of up-to-date and evidence-based clinical procedures. The review board is composed of leading nurse experts in the field: Danielle Pierotti, RN, PhD, CENP, and Margherita Labson, RN, BSN, MSHSA. The review board is involved in…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Introduction
This chapter includes an introduction to respiratory rate and information on all of the equipment needed for this assessment.
2. Procedure: Respiratory Rate
This chapter will provide a step-by-step procedure guide and video demonstration of checking a patient’s respiratory rate.
3. Tips, Precautions, and Care Considerations
This chapter provides tips and considerations for checking a patient’s respiratory rate.
4. Documentation Guidelines
This chapter provides recommendations on what to note when documenting a patient’s respiratory rate.
5. Conclusion
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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