For a client admitted with a history of chronic arterial insufficiency, the nurse would anticipate that physical assessment will reveal
a. rubor with elevation of feet.
b. pallor when feet are dependent.
c. diminished pedal pulses.
d. warm, edematous skin.
C
Objective data associated with arterial insufficiency include weak or absent peripheral pulses, dependent rubor, pallor with elevation, hypertrophied toenails, tissue atrophy, ulceration, and gangrene.
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