A Patient Is Obese

A patient is obese.At the bedside is a standard-size blood pressure cuff.The nurse realizes that the use of this cuff will provide which of the following?

A) Accurate readings as long as it is 20% of the circumference of the midpoint of the limb.
B) Indistinct readings if the bladder encircles 80% of the adult's arm.
C) A falsely low reading if the cuff is wrapped too loosely around the arm.
D) Inaccurate readings and needs to be replaced with a larger cuff.

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