a nurse observes an assistive personnel (ap) preparing to obtain blood pressure with a regular size cuff for a client who is obese. which of the following explanations should the nurse give the ap?
he reading will be inaudible if the cuff is too small for the client.\
he width of the cuff bladder should be 75 percent of the circumference of the clients arm.\
\as long as the cuff will circle the arm the reading will be accurate.\
\using a cuff that is too small will result in an inaccurately high reading.\

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a nurse observes an assistive personnel (ap) preparing to obtain blood pressure with a regular size cuff for a client who is obese. which of the following explanations should the nurse give the ap?
	he reading will be inaudible if the cuff is too small for the client.\
	he width of the cuff bladder should be 75 percent of the circumference of the clients arm.\
\as long as the cuff will circle the arm the reading will be accurate.\
\using a cuff that is too small will result in an inaccurately high reading.\

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# Brief Explanations:
When measuring blood - pressure, if the cuff is too small for an obese client, it will not adequately compress the artery. This leads to an artificially high blood - pressure reading. The width of the cuff bladder should be about 40% of the arm circumference for accuracy. A too - small cuff does not make the reading inaudible, and just being able to circle the arm does not ensure accuracy.
# Answer:
"Using a cuff that is too small will result in an inaccurately high reading."

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