Nursing student compliance to standards for blood pressure measurement.

In conclusion, no individual student complied with every step of the recommended procedure. In fact, 95% failed to comply with some specific steps that are unique to the AHA standards and that experts consider critical to accurate blood pressure measurement. Response to the questionnaire revealed that factors of logistics and attitudes of others influence student compliance or at least make the situation less conducive to adhering to the AHA standards. An additional interesting finding from the questionnaire was that while students may not have complied entirely with the AHA standards, they believed the procedure to be reasonable and to provide an accurate reading of blood pressure.