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When assessing a client's pulse, the nurse should be alert to which of the following characteristics?

a- rate, rhythm, amplitude and contour, and elasticity
b- rate, rhythm, temperature, rigidity, color, and elasticity
c- tenderness, moistness, contour, elasticity, pressure
d- pain, temperature, amplitude and contour, and elasticity

A client's blood pressure is affected by

a- cardiac intake, elasticity of the arteries, blood flow, blood cells, and blood thickness
b- cardiac intake, elasticity of the vein, blood flow, blood cells, and blood thickness
c- cardiac output, distensibility of the veins, blood volume, blood velocity and viscosity
d- cardiac output, distensibility of the arteries, blood volume, blood velocity and viscosity

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When assessing a client's pulse the nurse should be alert to the following characteristics?

Rate, rhythm, amplitude and contour, and elasticity. When assessing a client's pulse, the nurse should be alert to which of the following characteristics? The nurse is taking routine vital signs toward the end of shift. A client's BP reads 204/148.

What characteristics of the pulse should you always assess?

Assessing whether the rhythm of the pulse is regular or irregular is essential. The pulse could be regular, irregular, or irregularly irregular. Changes in the rate of the pulse, along with changes in respiration are called sinus arrhythmia.

What are 3 factors that must be noted when obtaining a pulse?

The pulse rhythm, rate, force, and equality are assessed when palpating pulses.

What three factors are assessed when taking a pulse quizlet?

The three factors that must be noted about every pulse is Respiration count, Rhythm and Character of respirations. Why is an apical pulse taken? Because of illness, hardening of the arteries, and a weak or rapid radial pulse, you may be required to take an apical pulse.