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Shadow Health Abdominal Exam withQuestions and Correct Answers
Why is it important to ask about scars? - ✔✔Asking about scars noted during inspection may
uncover important facts about your patient's medical history.
It can provide information about past surgeries or injuries.
What is a hernia? - ✔✔A bulging of an organ or tissue through an abnormal opening.
What is being assessed during abdominal auscultation? - ✔✔- Quality and frequency of sounds
made by digestive processes and air moving through the bowels.
- Listen for gurgling, cascading, rushing, and tinkling.
What part of the stethoscope should be used when auscultating the abdomen? - ✔✔- The diaphragm
- Listen to all quadrants clockwise:
- RLQ > RUQ >LUQ >LLQ
What are the three type of bowel sounds? - ✔✔1) Normoactive
2) Hyperactive
3) Hypoactive
What are Normoactive bowel sounds? - ✔✔- Occur irregularly, every 5 to 10 seconds.
- Encompass a wide range of sounds including gurgling and cascading, and indicate a healthy level
of intestinal activity.
, What are hyperactive bowel sounds? - ✔✔- Occur with increased frequency, and are often
louder than normoactive bowel sounds.
- Indicate increased intestinal activity.
What are hypoactive bowel sounds? - ✔✔- Quiet and infrequent sounds that indicate reduced
intestinal activity.
- Absent bowel sounds, the most severe form of hypoactivity, can only be determined after 3-5 minutes
of continuous listening in each quadrant.
What is the nurse assessing during percussion of the abdomen? - ✔✔- Assess organs and screen
for masses.
- Occur over areas that are distended, fluid-filled, or dense, such as the liver. When percussing the
abdomen, tympany should predominate.
- A third percussion sound, resonance, is normally heard over the lungs.
What 2 basic sounds are produced during percussion of the abdomen? - ✔✔- Tympanic
- Dull
*Resonance is normally heard over the lungs
What is indicated by scattered dullness in the lower quadrants? - ✔✔- Fecal matter in the colon.
During palpation of the abdomen what is the nurse looking for? - ✔✔- Assess organs, find
masses, and locate tender areas.
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