Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 13 MAS 313 short lesson, about 20 seconds
One High Reading Is Not a Diagnosis
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The idea
Providers usually diagnose high blood pressure only after two or more high readings on different days.
In practice
That is why a high reading is retaken as the practice directs and reported, rather than labeled; the provider weighs the pattern.
Where people slip
Never tell a patient they have high blood pressure based on your reading.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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