To reassure and educate their pregnant clients regarding changes in their blood pressure,nurses should be cognizant of what?
A) A blood pressure cuff that is too small produces a reading that is too low;a cuff that is too large produces a reading that is too high.
B) Shifting the client's position and changing from arm to arm for different measurements produces the most accurate composite blood pressure reading at each visit.
C) Systolic blood pressure slightly increases as the pregnancy advances;diastolic pressure remains constant.
D) Compression of the iliac veins and inferior vena cava by the uterus contributes to hemorrhoids in the later stage of a term pregnancy.
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