The nurse is assessing a 64-year-old patient whose vital signs are normal, with a capillary refill time of 5 seconds.What should the nurse do next?
A) Ask the patient about a history of frostbite
B) Suspect that the patient has venous insufficiency
C) Consider this a delayed capillary refill time, and investigate further
D) Consider this a normal capillary refill time that requires no further assessment
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