The client with chronic peripheral arterial disease and claudication tells the nurse that burning pain often awakens him from sleep. What is the nurse's interpretation of this change?
A. The client has inflow disease.
B. The client has outflow disease.
C. The client's disease if worsening.
D. The client's disease is stable.
C
Claudication is stage II of chronic peripheral arterial disease. In stage III, clients commonly ex-perience pain while resting that awakens them at night.
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