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The bioavailability of the injected medication is 100% and might lead to toxicity. An IV infiltration can cause serious problems with tissue necrosis, but this is not life threatening.Expensiveandtime consumingdo not equate withdangerous. Choice 4 is not always true.Pharmacological Therapies

The nurse should immediately obtain a Doppler device and recheck the pulses. The dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial can be difficult to assess and might need to be verified with a Doppler. Because the client just had a surgery in which a complication is arterial insufficiency, the client must be monitored carefully. If the pulses are not found, the nurse should recognize that this is an emergent situation, and the physician must be notified immediately. If the nurse waits 30 minutes before determining if the pulses can be felt, this could compromise the viability of the client’s foot due to ischemia. Documenting the findings is important but must be performed after the nurse locates the dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses or any necessary interventions are made.Health Promotion and Maintenance

Health promotion is motivated by the desire to increase people’s well-being and health potential. The nurse promotes health by maximizing the client’s own strengths. Identification and analysis of the client’s strengths are a component of preventing illness, restoring health, and facilitating coping with disability or death. The nurse facilitates decisions about lifestyle that enhance one’s quality of life and encourage acceptance of responsibility for one’s own health.Health Promotion and Maintenance

Ability to speak is a major way to identify an airway obstruction.Safety and Infection Control