The nurse records the patient's pulse volume as 2+. This means that the pulse is
a. absent c. normal
b. weak and thready d. bounding
C
An absent pulse would be recorded as 0 . A recording of 1+ means the pulse is weak and thready. A recording of 2+ means the pulse is normal. And a recording of 3+ means the pulse is bounding.
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