A nurse provides home care instructions to a client undergoing hemodialysis with regard to care of a newly created arteriovenous (AV) fistula. Which client statement would indicate understanding of the instructions?

a) "I should check the fistula every day by feeling it for a vibration."

b) "I am glad that the laboratory will be able to draw my blood from the fistula."

c) "I should wear a shirt with tight arms to provide some compression on the fistula."

d) "I should check my blood pressure in the arm where I have my fistula every week."