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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Nurse Aide 1 State Competency Skill Flash Cards: 18.1c Measures and Records Manual Blood Pressure

These Nurse Aide 1 state competency skill flash cards focus on 18.1c Measures and Records Manual Blood Pressure.

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18.1c Measure/Record Manual Blood Pressure

Supplies: appropriately sized blood pressure cuff stethoscope alcohol wipe recording device

Must successfully demonstrate 10/12 steps

Explain procedure, speaking clearly, slowly, and directly, maintaining a face-to-face interaction

Before using stethoscope, wipe bell/diaphragm and then earpieces of stethoscope with alcohol

Position client’s arm with palm up on overbed table with upper arm exposed

Feel for brachial artery on inner aspect of arm at bend of elbow

Place blood pressure cuff snugly on client’s upper arm, with sensor/arrow over brachial artery site

Place stethoscope earpieces in ears angled toward your nose and place diaphragm over the brachial artery site, ensuring the diaphragm is engaged

Inflate cuff 160-180 mmHg If a beat is heard immediately upon cuff deflation, completely deflate cuff and inflate cuff to no more than 200 mmHg

Deflate cuff slowly and smoothly and note the first sound (systolic reading) and last sound (diastolic reading) If rounding is needed, round up to the nearest 2mm Hg

Remove cuff

Place signaling device within reach

Wash hands before recording

Required Step: Record both systolic and diastolic numbers within 8 mmHg of evaluator’s reading

Suggested Time: 4 minutes

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Nurse Aide 1 State Competency Skill Flash Cards: 17c Putting on and Taking Off PPE (gown and gloves)

These Nurse Aide 1 state competency skill flash cards focus on 17c Putting on and Taking off PPE (gown and gloves).

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17c Donning & Removing PPE (gown & gloves)

Supplies: gown gloves designated container with red biohazard bag step stool (if too short to don without gown touching floor)

Must successfully demonstrate 12/14 steps

Pick up gown and unfold it

Facing the gown’s back opening, place arms through each sleeve

Fasten the neck opening

Secure the gown at the waist, ensuring the back of your clothing is covered as much as possible

Put on gloves

Cuffs of gloves must overlap cuffs of gown

Required Step: Before removing gown, with one gloved hand, grasp the other glove at the palm and remove the glove

Required Step: Slip ungloved fingers underneath the cuff of the remaining glove at the wrist and remove the glove turning it inside out as it is removed

Dispose of gloves in designated waste container without contaminating self

After removing gloves, unfasten gown at the waist and then the neck

After removing gloves, remove the gown without touching the outside of the gown

While removing the gown, hold the gown away from your body while keeping the gown off the floor, turning the gown inward and keeping it inside out

Dispose of the gown in the designated container without contaminating self

After completing skill, wash hands

Suggested Time: 3 minutes

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Nurse Aide 1 State Competency Skill Flash Cards: 16c Hand Hygiene

These Nurse Aide 1 state competency skill flash cards focus on 16c Hand Hygiene.

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16c Hand Hygiene

Supplies: soap paper towels sink trash can

Must successfully demonstrate 8/10 steps

Address client by name & introduce self to client by name

Turn on water (hot & cold) at sink

Wet hands and wrists thoroughly

Apply soap to hands

Required Step: Lather all surfaces of wrists, hands, and fingers, producing friction for at least 20 seconds, keeping hands lower than elbows and fingertips down

Clean fingernails by rubbing tips against the palm of the opposite hand

Required Step: Rinse all surfaces of wrists, hands, and fingers, producing friction for at least 20 seconds, keeping hands lower than elbows and fingertips down

Starting at the fingertips, use a clean, dry paper towel(s) to dry all surfaces of fingers, hands, and wrists and then dispose of the paper towel(s) in the waste container

Use a clean, dry paper towel(s) to turn off the faucet and then dispose of the paper towel(s) in the waste container or use foot/knee control to turn off faucet

Do not touch the inside of the sink at any time

Suggested Time: 3 minutes

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