[Verified Answer]: A client has returned to the nursing unit…

A client has returned to the nursing unit following a cardiac catheterisation. The RN is assessing the client’s right pedal pulse (dorsalis pedis) and assesses no pulse present. On further investigation, the extremity is found to be warm and pink, and nail beds blanch well with two to three seconds capillary refilling time. How would the RN explain these findings? A client has returned to the nursing unit following a cardiac catheterisation. The RN is assessing the client’s right pedal pulse (dorsalis pedis) and assesses no pulse present. On further investigation, the extremity is found to be warm and pink, and nail beds blanch well with two to three seconds capillary refilling time. How would the RN explain these findings? A change in the client’s health status has occurred The client has a blood clot in that extremity The RN’s watch has stopped working Too much pressure was applied over the pulse site