The Patient Is Returning from a Cardiac Catheterization

question 8

Multiple Choice

The patient is returning from a cardiac catheterization.The puncture site is in the right femoral artery.The patient is having vital signs assessed every 15 minutes.Along with vital signs,the nurse assesses the pedal pulses of the right and left feet.Which of the following would be of major concern?

• A)Both pedal pulses were bounding.
• B)The femoral artery could be palpated.
• C)The right pedal pulse was weaker than the left.
• D)The radial artery pulse was 88.