Aug 6, 2026 · 36 min · 10 segments
In episode 625, Mike K and James invite Danielle Perry and Tony Nickonchuk to the podcast to talk about the evidence around blood pressure measurement techniques. You might be surprised by what does…
Danielle PerryGuest
Mike ColberHostAnd today, we're going to talk about a topic, I don't know, does this ever happen? Do people ever do blood pressures anymore? Just kidding.
And so, there's a number of people who got together on this tools of practice.
And the tools of practice is entitled Blood Pressure Measurement Technique, Meaningful Mistakes or Minor Details.
So, Danielle, what was the actual clinical question you guys were looking at? Like, why did you do this podcast? You know, because people already do blood pressures and they know sort of how to do them.
So the clinical question was, does following recommended blood pressure measurement techniques impact the accuracy of readings? And I think it interests me and I wanted to be part of it was because when I am doing, I do a little bit of relief clinical work on the side as a nurse and correction.
And I think that we're told a lot of things matter on how we measure, but I wanted to actually look at the evidence behind it.
Like do all of these things we're told to do, you know, take a seat, rest for a while, no talking.
And today, we're going to talk about a topic, I don't know, does this ever happen? Do people ever do blood pressures anymore? Just kidding.
And so, there's a number of people who got together on this tools of practice.
And the tools of practice is entitled Blood Pressure Measurement Technique, Meaningful Mistakes or Minor Details.
So, Danielle, what was the actual clinical question you guys were looking at? Like, why did you do this podcast? You know, because people already do blood pressures and they know sort of how to do them.
So the clinical question was, does following recommended blood pressure measurement techniques impact the accuracy of readings? And I think it interests me and I wanted to be part of it was because when I am doing, I do a little bit of relief clinical work on the side as a nurse and correction.
And I think that we're told a lot of things matter on how we measure, but I wanted to actually look at the evidence behind it.
Like do all of these things we're told to do, you know, take a seat, rest for a while, no talking.
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