1. Bare the patient’s arm, including the upper arm that will be wrapped by the cuff
2. Support the weight of the patient’s arm with your hand underneath their elbow
3. Use the same hand to hold the diaphragm of the stethoscope on the arm
4. Actually hold the stethoscope over the brachial artery rather than just some spot
5. Don’t look at the sphygmomanometer until you hear something in your stethoscope
6. Assess blood pressure after assessing pulse to have an idea of the rhythm rate and regularity
7. Announce the blood pressure to the patient and your partner.
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