A nurse needs to count a client's apical heart rate. Which of the following assessment sites is most suitable for counting the apical heart rate?
A) Wrist
B) Neck
C) Inner elbow
D) Chest
D
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The apical heart rate is counted by listening at the chest with the stethoscope or by feeling the pulsations in the chest for one minute at an area called the point of maximum impulse (PMI), which is located at the surface of the skin over the apex of the heart. The wrist, neck, and brachial sites are not apical heart rate sites but peripheral pulse sites.
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