Exam 9: Assessing the Abdomen

Aside from percussion, which other test may be performed to locate the inferior border of the liver?

The nurse notes a positive shifting dullness. Which diagnosis does this assessment finding support?

Which gastrointestinal (GI) changes is not anticipated when assessing an older adult patient?

Which disease process is more likely to occur in the Jewish population?

The nurse is assessing a patient who is admitted to the emergency department (ED) for an acetaminophen overdose. Which will the nurse monitor this patient for based on this data?

The nurse is providing care to a patient who reports diffuse abdominal pain. Upon assessment, the nurse notes absent bowel sounds and abdominal distension. Based on this data which medical diagnosis does the nurse suspect?

Which sound would the nurse expect to elicit when percussing the liver?

Which is a life threatening cause of abdominal pain?

The nurse is providing care for an adult patient admitted to the hospital with hepatic cirrhosis. Auscultation of the abdomen is included in the assessment. Which sound suggests increased collateral circulation between the portal and the systemic venous systems?

The nurse auscultates for bowel sounds. What is the normal frequency of bowel sounds?

Which of the following changes to bowel sounds occurs during pregnancy?

The nurse notes a positive Murphy sign during the physical assessment. Which does the nurse suspect based on this data?

Which is the normal liver span at the midclavicular line?

The nurse is assessing an adolescent patient admitted to the emergency department (ED) with right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain. What test can be done to assess for appendicitis?

The patient is complaining of left upper quadrant (LUQ) pain. Based on this data which does the nurse suspect?

The nurse places the nondominant hand over the costovertebral angle (CVA) and strikes it with the dominant hand. This tests for tenderness in which organ?

Which is a term that indicates hyperactive peristalsis?