To evaluate the circulation to a client's foot, the pulse a nurse assesses is the:
A. Carotid
B. Brachial
C. Femoral
D. Posterior tibial
D
D. Site used to assess status of circulation to the foot
A. Easily accessible site to assess character of peripheral pulse; used during physiological shock or cardiac arrest when other sites are not palpable
B. Site used to auscultate upper extremity blood pressure; assesses status of circulation to lower arm
C. Site used to assess character of pulse during physiological shock or cardiac arrest when other pulses are not palpable; assesses status of circulation to the leg
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