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Understanding Medical Surgical Nursing 5th Edition by Linda Williams, Paula Hopper

Edition 5ISBN: 978-0803640689
book Understanding Medical Surgical Nursing 5th Edition by Linda Williams, Paula Hopper cover

Understanding Medical Surgical Nursing 5th Edition by Linda Williams, Paula Hopper

Edition 5ISBN: 978-0803640689
Exercise 2
The nurse is checking capillary refill on a patient. If it takes longer than 3 seconds for the color to return when assessing capillary refill, the nurse would recognize that which of the following may be indicated?
1) Decreased arterial flow to the extremity
2) Increased arterial flow to the extremity
3) Decreased venous flow from the extremity
4) Increased venous flow from the extremity
Explanation
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Hence, the option (2) is incorrect.
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