Multiple Choice
The nurse is performing an abdominal assessment on a client who had been previously diagnosed with cirrhosis.As the nurse inspected the client's abdomen,the nurse suspected that the client had developed ascites.The nurse would perform which of the following nursing interventions as a result of this finding?
A) Obtain stool specimen for occult blood.
B) Measure the client's abdominal girth.
C) Obtain stool specimen for culture and sensitivity.
D) Bilateral leg measurements.
E) Percuss the abdomen at midline.
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