Multiple Choice
The nurse is attempting to assess the femoral pulses in an obese patient and should:
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) Firmly press against the bone with the patient in a semi-Fowler's position
D) Listen with a stethoscope for pulsations as palpating the pulse in an obese person is extremely difficult
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