To think this nurse was unprofessional?

Basically because she wanted the nurse to tell her which machine to use! That’s not a nurses job so no wonder the nurse got hacked off!

When the machine displayed a reading of 150/100, she then performed a "manual check" and literally immediately stated "yeah 150/100". Might be just me, but this rapid confirmation seems like the nurse was simply just re-stating the reading she had seen on the machines screen

Did the nurse do a manual reading, as in put a cuff on, pump it up and release?

Why are you doubting that it's 150/100 if she actually went through the motions of doing the reading?

The white coat high blood pressure is a problem though. I have it too but normally my doctor just mentally knocks off a few points to decide whether it's ok or not.

Why are you pretending to be your sister when writing to a friend?

I can't believe how many people are giving you a hard time OP, for doing exactly what your practice advises and booking an appointment. I agree with you that you need to establish which machine is correct, because you are testing for 7 days. Why test on a faulty machine for 7 days, submit the results, find they are wrong and have to do it all over again? That would be a waste of NHS resources. How long would it actually take for the health professional to test you twice? Minutes. (Your practice booked you in with a nurse, but they could have booked you in with someone else. Their choice).
And for those suggesting the OP should test on a pharmacy machine or a GP practice machine, coming straight in off the street and testing is not ideal. The guidelines say to wait for 15 mins to let your BP settle. Also, as someone else mentioned, BP varies throughout the day.
Good luck in getting to the bottom of it OP. Once established that you are testing correctly you will feel much more confident about the process.
All these shirty comments are enough to raise your blood pressure ! 😄

It’s not the responsibility of the practice to tell you which machine is correct! If it had been I’d have told you to bin both of them! Home monitoring is notoriously unrealisable as machines aren’t regularly calibrated, incorrect positioning of the cuff affects it along with which arm you use! Add to which you are supposed to record the best of 3 with each measurement around 5 minutes apart!

My mum had a stroke and is on blood pressure medication.

She has to call the surgery if her readings are too low/too high on her blood pressure machine, and she’ll be seen by a practice nurse same day who will take her blood pressure.

If the machine appeared faulty and she couldn’t get an accurate reading, then she would be seen and have her blood pressure taken.

I assume the OP’s relative has a reason for taking her blood pressure daily and needing to know which measurement is accurate.

Why is that shocking?

Good grief.

I’d assume if her manual reading had been different to the machine she would just have said the machine was inaccurate and then maybe tried the second machine as well to see if that was more accurate than the first machine. But she didn’t need to do this.

But did she do that machine and then do a manual and both were the same so that confirmed that machine was correct? In which case she’s correct, use that machine as she has demonstrated it’s accurate. The other machine is irrelevant. If you only had one machine you’d never have had this issue.

Your main problem was that you seem to think the nurse is lying about what the manual reading was? I’m not sure why you think that? Why would she lie?

You've made your mind up that happened, which is not the same as it happening. You can't even get straight who you are.

This isn’t patient centred care and is, I agree, a totally unhelpful and unproductive approach by the nurse involved ..🌷

I’m confused. Initially you say the readings are different for your sister. Then later on you say the discrepancy is for you. Who is having an issue with different readings and is that the same person with high blood pressure?

if you’re worried take both readings and write down the average.

But then they should simply take the BP with their machine and treat accordingly , whether your machine is correct is immaterial to the consultation .

Totally agree a very normal appointment for a practice nurse to cover, now they ask us to buy a BP monitor this kind of appointment for assistance sounds totally acceptable to me. It’s a major issue as with inaccurate readings this patient could be subscribed unwarranted and unnecessary medication. Loads of unhelpful carping replies on here

She didn't need to. She checked one and confirmed it was accurate.

Hi @ThisCoolOP did the nurse actually perform a blood pressure reading with stethoscope?

At our GP ( and my sisters) they don’t have the old type of sphyg they all have machines .

The nurse did do a manual check, which confirmed it. Move on.

@ThisCoolOP you're still not answering the main question, why are you and your sister going to the bloody GP together?

Explained the discrepancy to GP, and she herself asked if had bought both machines in to be checked against a manual reading........ darent do that now after all the comments in here saying what disgusting behaviour it is :(

But you did do it. And are moaning because you don't believe what the nurse said.