Note: When taking respiration do not tell the person that he or she is being watching breathing. A person tends to breathe differently when they are aware of someone checking their respiration.
Step 1- Tell the patient to sit up straight and relax and breathe.
Step 2- As the patient is breathing gently place hands on their upper chest and middle back. Then look at the chest as it rises.
Steps 3- When the chest rises then begin to count to a full minute. Once the counting is finished then record how many times the chest rises and that will be the answer.