The Nurse Is Attempting to Assess the Femoral Pulse in a Patient

The nurse is attempting to assess the femoral pulse in a patient who is obese.Which of these actions would be most appropriate?

A) The patient is asked to assume a prone position.
B) The patient is asked to bend his or her knees to the side in a froglike position.
C) The nurse firmly presses against the bone with the patient in a semi-Fowler position.
D) The nurse listens with a stethoscope for pulsations; palpating the pulse in an obese person is extremely difficult.