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A client in the emergency department states, "I have always taken a morning walk, but lately my leg cramps and hurts after just a few minutes of walking. The pain goes away after I stop walking, though." Based on this statement, which priority assessment should the nurse complete?

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Based on this statement, the nurse should check the patient's dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses. This pulse point can help to find out the pulse rate and strenght.

In order to find it, we will have to find EHL tendon first (EHL stands for Extensor Hallucis Longus) which will be really easy if the patient raises his toe, then we will use that large tendon as reference. At the very end of it, we move a little tiny bit to the right side and there we have the dorsalis pedis.

Ir order to find the posterior tibial pulse point, the bony structure of the ankle will be the reference this time and then we move to the aquiles tendon area. That is where the posterior tibial pulse is located.

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