The nurse is attempting to assess the femoral pulse in a patient who is obese. Which of these actions would be most appropriate?
a. The patient is asked to assume a prone position.
b. The patient is asked to bend his or her knees to the side in a froglike position.
c. The nurse firmly presses against the bone with the patient in a semi-Fowler position.
d. The nurse listens with a stethoscope for pulsations; palpating the pulse in an obese person is extremely difficult.
ANS: B
To help expose the femoral area, particularly in obese people, the nurse should ask the person to bend his or her knees to the side in a froglike position.
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