NU 216-Abdomen Exam Questions With Correct Answers

NU 216-Abdomen Exam Questions With Correct Answers referred pain of the gallbladder - CORRECT ANSWER- right scapula chole prefix - CORRECT ANSWER- gallbladder referred pain of kidney stone - CORRECT ANSWER- groin referred pain of liver - CORRECT ANSWER- right shoulder referred pain of appendix - CORRECT ANSWER- starts at umbilicus & moves to RLQ Referred pain of pancreas - CORRECT ANSWER- left shoulder and lower back Sequence for assessing the abdomen - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. Inspection 2. Auscultation 3. Percussion 4. Palpation considerations for inspecting abdomen - CORRECT ANSWER- contour symmetry umbilicus skin -lesions, moles, piercing, scar pulsation/movement hair demeanor -guarding, wincing Contours of the abdomen - CORRECT ANSWER- Flat Scaphoid -concave -seen in pts with malnutrition Rounded Protuberant -convex -ascites, pregnancy normla bowel sounds - CORRECT ANSWER- gurgling, high pitched irregular 5-30 / min borborygmus - CORRECT ANSWER- the rumbling noise caused by the movement of gas in the intestine -extreme amount of bowel sounds hypoactive bowel sounds - CORRECT ANSWER- less than 5 /minute hyperactive bowel sounds - CORRECT ANSWER- more than 30/ minute vascular bowel sounds location - CORRECT ANSWER- aorta left/right renal artery left/right iliac artery left/right femoral artery looks for presence of bruits how do you listen for bruits? - CORRECT ANSWER- with bell of stethoscope general tympany - CORRECT ANSWER- Percuss in all 4 quadrants to determine the prevailing amount of tympany and dullness Move clockwise: RLQ, RUQ, LUQ, LLQ what should be heard when percussing organs - CORRECT ANSWER- dullness splenic dullness - CORRECT ANSWER- Percuss the lowest costal interspace in the left anterior axillary line. This area is normally tympanic