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NUR 2180 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT QUIZ 3 | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (SOLVED)
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NUR 2180 Physical Assessment Quiz 31. How do we perform light palpation on the abdomen?
Answer
use first 4 fingers to depress the skin about 1 cm inside and move it in a rotation motion,
clockwise.
2. GI assessment order
Answer
inspect, auscultate, percuss, palpate
3. Why do we listen before we palpate the abdomen?
Answer
so we do not disrupt or dislodge anything within the bowels.
4. What is voluntary guarding?
Answer
Patient volitionally tenses the abdominal muscles when the examiner palpates.
5. What things do we feel for when palpating the abdomen?
Answer
organs, size, consistency, masses, temperature, tenderness, pain, mobility
, 6. Where do we percuss for kidney tenderness?
Answer
on the posterior surface at the 12th rib at the CVA angle.
7. How do we percuss for kidney tenderness?
Answer
indirectly with a hand and fist. look for signs of pain.
8. What are the signs of breast cancer?
Answer
lumps or masses felt in the breasts or axilla, movable lumps, dimpled or reddened skin,
tenderness to touch, nipple crust, skin sores, sunken nipple, growing vein,
9. What is the role of the RN during a male or female GU exam?
Answer
Assist the provider with the exam by holding the patient, giving them tools, collecting speci-
mens and advocating for the patient.
10. hypoactive bowel sounds are
Answer
sound every 5-6 seconds
11. normal bowel sounds are
Answer
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