[Answered]: The nurse is assessing a client with superficial…

The nurse is assessing a client with superficial thrombophlebitis in the greater saphenous vein of the left leg. The client has “aching” in the leg. Which finding indicates the nurse should contact the health care provider (HCP) to request a prescription to improve the client’s comfort? brown discoloration of the skin with edema in the lower left leg absence of pain or swelling when the client dorsiflexes the left foot dark, protruding veins of both legs that are uncomfortable when standing red, warm, palpable linear cord along the vein that is painful on palpation