The Nurse on the Pediatric Unit Is Assigned to Care

The nurse on the pediatric unit is assigned to care for four children. One of the children is 18 months old and the rest are 3, 4, and 4-1/2 years old. The youngest is in for observation, the 3-year-old has a cardiac problem, and the two older children are in for tests. After a report the nurse takes the children's vital signs. The nurse would need to take the pulses in which of the following ways?

A) radial pulse on all the children
B) radial on the two older children and apical on the 18-month-old and the child with a cardiac problem
C) apical on all children under 5
D) apical only on the child with a cardiac problem