Assessment of the client with an arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis should include:

Thrill should be present. The client should be taught to check this daily at home. Pulsation is not typically

visible. Percussion gives no information about the patency of a fistula. Blood pressure is not auscultated in a limb

with an AVF. Auscultation of the AVF, for a bruit, is part of an assessment for patency.Physiological Adaptation