Begin a discussion on why a patient’s vital signs might differ at various times during the day. (Stress, excitement, ill
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:31 am
Begin a discussion on why a patient’s vital signs might differ
at various times during the day. (Stress, excitement, illness, and
environmental factors may all affect blood pressure.) Most
physicians’ offices have the medical assistant take and record the
patient’s vital signs and measurements before the physician sees
the patient. Ask: Why do you think this is? (It saves the physician
time. In addition, patients may be less nervous with the medical
assistant than they would be with the physician, because of
white-coat syndrome. If any result, other than the temperature is
elevated, by the time the physician sees the patient the falsely
high reading may also have dropped, because patients tend to become
more at ease with time.
at various times during the day. (Stress, excitement, illness, and
environmental factors may all affect blood pressure.) Most
physicians’ offices have the medical assistant take and record the
patient’s vital signs and measurements before the physician sees
the patient. Ask: Why do you think this is? (It saves the physician
time. In addition, patients may be less nervous with the medical
assistant than they would be with the physician, because of
white-coat syndrome. If any result, other than the temperature is
elevated, by the time the physician sees the patient the falsely
high reading may also have dropped, because patients tend to become
more at ease with time.