When assessing a child with coarctation of the aorta, the nurse should perform assessments to all of the follow areas except:
1. Blood pressure in all of the extremities.
2. Monitoring the perfusion to the extremities.
3. Pre-assessment for Digoxin before giving the prescribed doses.
4. Assessing the narrowing pulse pressures.
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1. Blood pressure will greatly differ in the upper extremities versus the lower extremities.
2. Perfusion to the lower extremities will be worse than in the upper extremities.
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Digoxin should always have a pre-assessment of an apical pulse for one minute.
4. Pulse pressures do not give adequate data for a child with coarctation of the aorta.
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