APPENDICITIS NCLEX QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH 2021/2022 SOLUTIONS

APPENDICITIS NCLEX QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH 2021/2022 SOLUTIONS The nurse would increase the comfort of the patient with appendicitis by: "a. Having the patient lie prone b.Flexing the patient's right knee c.Sitting the patient upright in a chair d.Turning the patient onto his or her left side – Correct answer: B" The patient with appendicitis usually prefers to lie still, often with the right leg flexed to decrease pain. "The nurse is caring for a patient in the emergency department with complaints of acute abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. When the nurse palpates the patient's left lower abdominal quadrant, the patient complains of pain in the right lower quadrant. The nurse will document this as which of the following diagnostic signs of appendicitis? "a. Rovsing sign b. referred pain c. Chvostek's sign d. rebound tenderness Correct answer: A" -Answer A In patients with suspected appendicitis, Rovsing sign may be elicited by palpation of the left lower quadrant, causing pain to be felt in the right lower quadrant.