During an Assessment, the Nurse Is Unable to Palpate Pulses

question 8

Multiple Choice

During an assessment, the nurse is unable to palpate pulses in the left lower leg. What should the nurse do next?

• A) Reassess the pulses in 1 hour.
• B) Document that the pulses are nonpalpable.
• C) Use a Doppler device to assess the pulses.
• D) Ask the patient turn to the side, and then palpate for the pulses again.

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Definitions:

True Zero

A point on a scale which indicates the absolute absence of the quantity being measured.

Computed

Calculated or processed using a computer or computational method.

NOIR

An acronym representing four levels of measurement in statistics: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, and Ratio.