Multiple Choice
The nurse is attempting to assess the femoral pulse in a patient who is obese. Which of these actions would be most appropriate?
A) Ask the patient to assume a prone position.
B) Ask the patient 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.
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