Measuring and Recording Patient Vital Signs

Course overview

Vital sign measurements are effective tools to assess if a patient is ill. They are quick, simple measurements and reliable indicators of a person’s basic state of health. Abnormal changes in these measurements are one of the quickest, simplest, and most reliable indicators that someone is ill. Certified nursing assistants are required to competently measure and record patient vital signs for all age groups, and to know how to report when patient vital signs are not within normal ranges.