The Student Nurse Is Assessing a Patient's Pulses

question 14

Multiple Choice

The student nurse is assessing a patient's pulses. What action by the student requires the nurse to intervene?

• A) Assessing apical pulse between the fifth and sixth intercostal spaces
• B) Assessing the doralis pedis pulse by palpating behind the patient's knee
• C) Assessing the radial pulse on the patient's wrist
• D) Assessing the brachial pulse on the patient's inner elbow

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