When assessing pulse rates on newborns and children under the age of five, radial pulses are commonly obtained.
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The normal adult pulse rate (heart rate) at rest falls between to beats per minute.
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It is best practice to assess pulse rate by counting a patient's pulse for seconds.
Pulse refers to a comparison of the pulse forces on both sides of the body.
You are caring for a patient admitted with congestive heart failure and note that the patient's pulses are bounding. Please select which value would reflect full, bounding pulses in your documentation?
You are completing a physical assessment on a patient with extensive peripheral vascular disease. Despite your best efforts, you are unable to palpate the patient's posterior-tibial pulses. Due to the difficulty with palpation, it is appropriate to document these pulses as absent.