In the morning, the patient had surgery that involved the right femoral artery. To assess the patient's circulation status to the right leg, at which site will the nurse make sure to check the pulse?
a. Radial artery
b. Ulnar artery
c. Brachial artery
d. Dorsalis pedis artery
D
Feedback
A The radial pulse is not distal to the femoral artery.
B The ulnar pulse is not distal to the femoral artery.
C The brachial artery is not distal to the femoral artery.
D The nurse should assess peripheral pulses and capillary refill distal to the site of surgery. After surgery to the femoral artery, the nurse assesses posterior tibial and dorsalis pedis pulses. The nurse also compares pulses in the affected extremity with those in the nonaffected extremity.
You might also like to view...
A 46-year-old patient, unemployed and diagnosed with kidney disease, tells the nurse that he is having difficulty with his medical bills. Which of the following should the nurse do to help this patient?
1. Ask social services to discuss Medicare as a health care coverage option. 2. Assure the patient that the nurse will ask the health care provider if the patient can be quickly discharged to home. 3. Work with the pharmacist to determine which medications the patient can discontinue and still maintain an acceptable level of health. 4. Suggest the patient take prescribed medications every other day to have the prescription last longer.
You assess a client in the local neighborhood clinic. He exhibits signs and symptoms of TB, yet has a negative tuberculin skin test result. You suspect that the physician may further test the client because he
A) visited Central America recently. B) is recovering from jet lag. C) is HIV positive. D) works in a factory setting.
Cocaine cannot be administered by injection because:
A. injected cocaine produces vasoconstriction. B. injected cocaine produces hypotension. C. injected cocaine relaxes the vascular smooth muscle. D. injected cocaine produces vasodilation.
1.625 ÷ 0.5 =
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).