Ideas That Work: Stay on Top of a Patient’s Vital Signs

When you are worried about a patient’s vital signs and need to check them frequently, Nurse Hailey, an ER nurse who runs the Instagram account @rnnewgrads, recommends something simple: A red marker. “Circle all the vital signs in red and then erase the marker once you checked that vital and know that it is normal,” she says. This visual method will help you easily keep track of which vitals you checked and which still need to be completed. OSM