Students are practicing documentation of peripheral vascular and lymphatic assessment before going into the clinical setting
A student documents the following: Lower left leg cool to touch with dorsalis pedis, back knee pulse and femoral pulse palpable. How could the following charting be changed to communicate information in appropriate medical terminology?
A) Left lower extremity cool to touch with femoral, posterior popliteal, and dorsalis pedis pulses palpable
B) Left lower leg cool to touch with femoral, posterior popliteal, dorsalis and pedis pulses palpable
C) Left extremity cool to touch with femoral, posterior popliteal, dorsalis and pedis pulses palpable
D) No changes are necessary
A
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