The nurse is obtaining tricep skinfold measurements on a client. Which of the following locations would the nurse correctly use for this assessment?
1. Midpoint of the arm between the scapula and the elbow
2. Two inches and centered below the scapula
3. One inch around the umbilicus
4. Lateral aspect of thigh
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Rationale 1: Tricep skinfold measurements are done at the midpoint of the arm equidistant from the uppermost posterior edge of the acromion process of the scapula and the olecranon process of the elbow.
Rationale 2: Tricep skinfold measurements are done at the midpoint of the arm equidistant from the uppermost posterior edge of the acromion process of the scapula and the olecranon process of the elbow, not 2 inches and centered below the scapula.
Rationale 3: Tricep skinfold measurements are done at the midpoint of the arm equidistant from the uppermost posterior edge of the acromion process of the scapula and the olecranon process of the elbow, not at the umbilical region.
Rationale 4: Tricep skinfold measurements are done at the midpoint of the arm equidistant from the uppermost posterior edge of the acromion process of the scapula and the olecranon process of the elbow, not in the lateral aspect of thigh.
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