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Bedside skills: Manual blood pressure and mental status

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for nurses and care staff. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 5 lessons, 10-question final check. Last reviewed 4 November 2026; not legal advice.

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Course outline at a glance

  • What a reading means
  • Categories
  • Low pressure and standing
  • Flashcards
  • Accordion

  • Before you start
  • Steps
  • Practise
  • Scenario
  • Quiz

  • Expected and unexpected
  • Matching quiz
  • Sorting activity

  • Level of consciousness
  • Screening tools
  • Practise
  • Tabs
  • Scenario
  • Quiz

  • Final assessment
  • Course complete
  • Quiz
  • Multi-select quiz
  • Flashcards

Three pieces that work together

Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 1 field to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's result on the 10-question final check, against the 80% pass mark.

  • What landed

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5 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Blood pressure basics · 11 min

    Before you begin · What a reading means · Categories · Low pressure and standing

  • Lesson 2: Taking a manual blood pressure · 9 min

    Before you start · Steps · Practise

  • Lesson 3: Findings and escalation · 6 min

    Expected and unexpected · Check

  • Lesson 4: Mental status and neurological screening · 8 min

    Level of consciousness · Screening tools · Practise

  • Lesson 5: Final assessment · 6 min

    Final assessment · Course complete

Source and credit: Blood Pressure (Chapter 3) and Neurological Assessment (Chapter 6), in Nursing Skills 2e by Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN), Chippewa Valley Technical College, wtcs.pressbooks.pub/nursingskills/chapter/3-1-blood-pressure-introduction/ (opens in a new tab) and wtcs.pressbooks.pub/nursingskills/chapter/6-1-neurological-introduction/ (opens in a new tab), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (opens in a new tab)). Adapted by AhaSlides: condensed into four lessons, rewritten for workplace learning, quizzes and activities added; images and videos not reused.

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At onboarding or as continuing professional development, with a yearly refresher (best practice).

Nurses and care staff.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Link to the self-paced course
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