Exam 21: Abdomen

While examining a patient,the nurse observes abdominal pulsations between the xiphoid process and umbilicus.The nurse would suspect that these are:

During reporting,the student nurse hears that a patient has hepatomegaly and recognizes that this term refers to:

The nurse knows that during an abdominal assessment,deep palpation is used to determine:

The nurse is preparing to examine a patient who has been complaining of right lower quadrant pain.Which technique is correct during the assessment? The nurse should:

The nurse is assessing the abdomen of an older adult.Which statement regarding the older adult and abdominal assessment is true?

The nurse suspects that a patient has a distended bladder.How should the nurse assess for this condition?

During an abdominal assessment,the nurse is unable to hear bowel sounds in a patient's abdomen.Before reporting this finding as silent bowel sounds,the nurse should listen for at least:

When palpating the abdomen of a 20-year-old patient,the nurse notices the presence of tenderness in the left upper quadrant with deep palpation.Which of these structures is most likely to be involved?

During a health history,the patient tells the nurse,"I have pain all the time in my stomach.It's worse 2 hours after I eat,but it gets better if I eat again!" Based on these symptoms,the nurse suspects that the patient has which condition?

The physician comments that a patient has abdominal borborygmi.The nurse knows that this term refers to:

A 22-year-old man comes to the clinic for an examination after falling off his motorcycle and landing on his left side on the handle bars.The nurse suspects that he may have injured his spleen.Which of these statements is true regarding assessment of the spleen in this situation?

During an abdominal assessment,the nurse tests for a fluid wave.A positive fluid wave test occurs with:

During an assessment,the nurse notices that a patient's umbilicus is enlarged and everted.It is positioned midline with no change in skin color.The nurse recognizes that the patient may have which condition?

Which of these percussion findings would the nurse expect to find in a patient with a large amount of ascites?

The nurse is assessing a patient for possible peptic ulcer disease.Which condition or history often causes this problem?

During an abdominal assessment,the nurse would consider which of these findings as normal?

A patient is suspected of having inflammation of the gallbladder,or cholecystitis.The nurse should conduct which of these techniques to assess for this condition?

A patient is having difficulty swallowing medications and food.The nurse would document that this patient has:

Just before going home,a new mother asks the nurse about the infant's umbilical cord.Which of these statements is correct?

The nurse is assessing the abdomen of a pregnant woman who is complaining of having "acid indigestion" all the time.The nurse knows that esophageal reflux during pregnancy can cause: