A Nurse Assessing a Non-American Patient for Cyanosis Is Struggling

question 9

Multiple Choice

A nurse assessing a non-American patient for cyanosis is struggling because she does not know the appropriate skin color for the patient's ethnic group. How should this nurse proceed with her assessment?

• A) Ask the patient if his or her skin appears discolored
• B) Examine the patient's oral mucosa
• C) Attempt to find a nurse of the same ethnicity
• D) Perform a chest auscultation

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