A nurse is assessing a patient who is in shock. What should the nurse be aware that one common sign will be, regardless of the cause of the shock?
a. The skin is cool and dry with cyanotic nail beds.
b. The skin is cool and moist with cyanotic nail beds.
c. The nail beds are reddened, and the skin is moist and warm.
d. The nail beds are reddened, and the skin is dry and warm.
B
Venous blood pools in the extremities of the fingers as a result of the lack of adequate perfusion of tissues, which makes the skin cool and moist from a lack of oxygen and waste exchanges.
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