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The Nurse Tests the Capillary Refill on a Client's Lower

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The nurse tests the capillary refill on a client's lower extremity and notes that it takes 4 seconds for the color to return to baseline. It would be most important for the nurse to then check for


A) constricting clothing.
B) other indicators of peripheral perfusion.
C) presence of venous ulcers.
D) prior surgery on this extremity.

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