What is the first step when performing an abdominal assessment? Inspection
The term used for pain elicited when the nurse pushes down slowly and deeply on the abdomen and then lifts up quickly is called... Rebound Tenderness
The nurse is planning to assess the abdomen of an adult male client. Bef...
Nursing 251 Exam 3 Questions and
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What is the first step when performing an abdominal assessment? ✅Inspection
The term used for pain elicited when the nurse pushes down slowly and deeply on the
abdomen and then lifts up quickly is called... ✅Rebound Tenderness
The nurse is planning to assess the abdomen of an adult male client. Before the nurse
begins the assessment, the nurse should . . . ✅ask the client to empty his bladder
The nurse is assessing the bowel sounds of an adult client. After listening to each
quadrant, the nurse auscultates high-pitched, gurgling about 20 times per minute. The
nurse should document this finding as... ✅normal bowel sounds
During a physical examination of an adult client, when should the nurse auscultate the
client's abdomen? ✅After inspection of the abdomen and before palpation
The nurse is planning to assess a client's abdomen for rebound tenderness. The nurse
should . . . ✅palpate while quickly releasing pressure
Rebound tenderness when RLQ palpated; appendicitis ✅McBurney's Sign
Abrupt stopping of breathing when palpating RUQ; gallbladder ✅Murphy's Sign
Ecchymosis around umbilicus; internal bleeding ✅Cullen's Sign
A nurse is preparing to auscultate and percuss a patient's abdomen as part of a
comprehensive physical examination. Which of the following 2 findings should the nurse
expect? ✅High-Pitched gurgles; tympany
A client visits the clinic and tells the nurse that she has joint pain in her hands,
especially in the morning. The nurse should assess the client further for signs and
symptoms of ✅Rheumatoid Arthritis
The nurse is assessing the spine of an adult client and detects lateral curvature of the
thoracic spine with an increase in convexity on the left curved side. the nurse suspects
that the client is experiencing ✅scoliosis
Raising the arms up from side and then down toward the body is testing which of the
following? ✅abduction/adduction of shoulder
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