During an adult patient assessment, the nurse has elevated the patient's legs 12 inches off the table and has had him wag his feet to drain off venous blood.After helping him sit up and dangle his legs over the side of the table, the nurse should expect that a normal finding at this point would be:
A) Significant elevational pallor
B) Venous filling within 15 seconds
C) No change in the coloration of the skin
D) Colour returning to the feet within 20 seconds of assuming a sitting position
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