The nurse is reporting the current nursing assessment to the physician. Vital signs: temperature, 97.2° F; pulse, 68 beats/minute, thready; respiration, 28 breaths/minute, blood pressure, 102/78 mm Hg; and pedal pulses, palpable
The physician asks for the pulse pressure. Which would the nurse report? A) Within normal limits
B) Thready
C) 24
D) Palpable
C
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The pulse pressure is the numeric difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure. By subtracting the two numbers, the physician would be told 24 . The pulse pressure does not report quality of the pulse.
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