A Nurse Is Assessing a Client with Peripheral Artery Disease

question 36

Multiple Choice

A nurse is assessing a client with peripheral artery disease (PAD) .The client states walking five blocks is possible without pain.What question asked next by the nurse will give the best information?

• A) "Could you walk further than that a few months ago?"
• B) "Do you walk mostly uphill, downhill, or on flat surfaces?"
• C) "Have you ever considered swimming instead of walking?"
• D) "How much pain medication do you take each day?"

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Definitions:

Ser-Leu-Phe-Pro

A sequence of amino acids, possibly representing a segment of a protein or a peptide.

Trypsin

An enzyme that digests proteins by cleaving peptides at the carboxyl side of lysine and arginine, essential in digestion.

Peptide

Small sequences of amino acid units connected via peptide (amide) links, essential for various biological roles.

N-Terminus

The end of a protein or polypeptide chain where the amino acid has a free amine group.