Assessment of the Skin, Hair, and Nails

While assessing a client, a nurse detects a bluish tinge to the clients palms, soles, and mucous membranes. Which action should the nurse take next?

A. Ask the client about current medications he or she is taking.

B. Use pulse oximetry to assess the clients oxygen saturation.

C. Assess the clients lung fields for adventitious sounds.

D. Palpate the clients bilateral radial and pedal pulses.

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