Nurse preparing to measure patients pulse deficit

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You are in your patient's hospital room with another nurse preparing to measure the patient's pulse deficit. Choose the correct actions/statements from the choices below. Select all that apply. A pulse deficit is associated with peripheral vascular disease and thrombi One of you measure the radial pulse on both sides and the other auscultate the apical rate simultaneously and subtract the difference in rates One of you measure the radial pulse on one wrist and the other auscultate the apical rate simultaneously and subtract the difference in rates A pulse deficit is associated with abnormal heart rhythms One of you measure the radial pulse on each side simultaneously and subtract the difference in rates A pulse deficit is when the difference between the apical and radial rates is 2 bpm or more A pulse deficit is the result of Inefficient contractions of the heart that are too weak to transmit the pulse wave to the peripheral pulse.

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