Ahome care nurse is planning to visit a 60 year client diagonals with heart failure for the first time. which of the following would be most appropriate for the nurse to do.

Assessment findings associated with excess fluid volume include cough, dyspnea, crackles, tachypnea, tachycardia, an elevated blood pressure and a bounding pulse, an elevated CVP, weight gain, edema, neck and hand vein distention, altered level of consciousness, and a decreased hematocrit