The Nurse Is Helping Another Nurse to Take a Blood

The nurse is helping another nurse to take a blood pressure reading on a patient's thigh.Which action is correct regarding thigh pressure?

A) Either the popliteal or femoral vessels should be auscultated to obtain the thigh blood pressure.
B) The best position to measure thigh blood pressure is the supine position with the knee slightly bent.
C) If the arm blood pressure is high in an adolescent, then it should be compared with the thigh blood pressure.
D) The thigh blood pressure is lower than the arm blood pressure, which is attributable to the distance away from the heart and the size of the popliteal vessels.