Multiple Choice
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:
A) 1 minute.
B) 5 minutes.
C) 10 minutes.
D) 2 minutes in each quadrant.
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