Measuring blood pressure (BP) on the arm:

1) DynaMed Plus is a evidenced-based medicine tool that provides bulleted summaries on given topics. Take a look at their blood pressure measurement and monitoring pages, in particular the Manual BP Measurement section for evidence based recommendations and links to the referenced studies. There is also a section on Guidelines and Resources which provides links to the  American Heart Association recommendations which are summarized here: Am Fam Physician 2005 Oct 1;72(7):1391

Nursing interventions in ambulatory settings to facilitate patient’s BP control

2) A few articles may be found in PubMed on nurse-led care for controlling blood pressure may be found using searches: a) blood pressure AND intervention AND nurse AND ambulatory and b) “Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory”[Mesh] and “Nurses”[Mesh]

Please see below for some helpful citations.

Cheng, Mei, et al. “The effect of continuous nursing intervention guided by chronotherapeutics on ambulatory blood pressure of older hypertensive patients in the community.” Journal of clinical nursing 23.15-16 (2014):2247-54.

Bosworth, Hayden B, et al. “Home blood pressure management and improved blood pressure control: results from a randomized controlled trial.” Archives of internal medicine 171.13 (2011):1173-80.

Ulm, Kurt, et al. “Effect of an intensive nurse-managed medical care programme on ambulatory blood pressure in hypertensive patients.” Archives of cardiovascular diseases 103.3 (2010):142-9.

Bosworth, Hayden B, et al. “Hypertension Intervention Nurse Telemedicine Study (HINTS): testing a multifactorial tailored behavioral/educational and a medication management intervention for blood pressure control.” The American heart journal 153.6 (2007):918-24.