When assessing a client's blood pressure manually, the nurse can use which artery?
When assessing a client's blood pressure manually, the nurse can use which artery?
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* Nurse can use Brachial artery by placing diaphragm of sthethoscope lightly over the anticubital
area below the cuffs edge.
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