Multiple Choice
The nurse educator is observing the student nurse take a blood pressure on an older adult client. When is it appropriate for the nurse educator to intervene during this assessment?
A) The student nurse ushers the client into the exam room and immediately assesses the client's blood pressure.
B) The student nurse places the blood pressure cuff on the client's arm over a lightweight, long-sleeved sweater.
C) The student nurse immediately reinflates the cuff after identifying the palpatory systolic blood pressure.
D) The student nurse has the client sit in a chair and supports the client's arm on a table at the level of the heart.
E) The student nurse places the blood pressure cuff on the thigh of a client with a bilateral mastectomy and takes the blood pressure using the popliteal artery.
Correct Answer:
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