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The characteristics of pedal pulses the nurse would assess for a client with a fractured hip is the intensity, rate, rhythm of the pedal pulses.

What is pedal pulses?

The pedal pulse is the pulse that is located at the foot of the patient which signifies the contraction and relaxation of the arterial blood vessel each time the ventricle pumps blood through the aorta to the body.

The two pedal pulses in the human body include

  • Dorsalis pedis pulse (on the top of the foot) and

  • the posterior tibial pulse (located behind the medial malleolus — the ankle bone).

The characteristics of pedal pulses the nurse would assess for a client with a fractured hip is the intensity, rate, rhythm of the pedal pulses.

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