Phlebotomy Essentials
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ISBN: 9781451194524
Author: Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
Publisher: JONES+BARTLETT PUBLISHERS, INC.
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You are a staff nurse who is assigned to give a bed bath for a client with Deep Veins Thrombosis (DVT) in lower extremities. Which of the following actions is true about cleaning the lower legs for this client?
a. use firm strokes from the distal legs toward proximal.
b. use gentle movement and rub legs.
c. use gentle movement and don't rub legs.
d. use firm strokes toward the hip.
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