Welcome to STAT Stitch Deep Dive: Beyond the Bedside, where real nurses simplify complex nursing concepts. This 10–15-minute primer episode focuses on the Peripheral Vascular System Assessment—a concise, high-yield refresher built to be listened to before or after reading your class material.

You’ll review how to: • Evaluate arterial, venous, and lymphatic function through pulse strength, temperature, capillary refill, edema, and lymph-node assessment. • Recognize red-flag findings such as absent pulses, cool pallor, unilateral swelling, or warmth/redness from thrombophlebitis. • Differentiate arterial vs venous insufficiency using skin, pain, and ulcer characteristics. • Apply ABCs (Circulation!)