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The Nurse Has Assessed a Client's Blood Pressure (BP)using the Left

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The nurse has assessed a client's blood pressure (BP) using the left thigh because of bilateral upper arm casts.The client's precasting left arm BP was 108/70 mm Hg.The nurse expects the present BP reading to be:


A) 10-40 mm Hg higher systolic pressure than before the casting
B) 5-10 mm Hg higher reading in both systolic and diastolic pressures
C) Representative of the original baseline established before the casting
D) A slight decrease in the diastolic pressure when compared to precasting pressure

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