NUR 2092 / NUR2092 Health Assessment Exam 2 | 102 Questions and Answers | Latest | Rasmussen College

NUR 2092 / NUR2092 Health Assessment Exam 2 | 102 Questions and Answers | Latest | Rasmussen College When performing an abdominal assessment, what is the correct sequence? A. Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation B. Palpation, percussion, inspection, auscultation C. Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation D. Auscultation, inspection, palpation, percussion - ANSWER C. (book says D but thats wrong) A patient reports a long history of changes in bowel pattern. Which is the best question to determine normal bowel habits? A. How often do you have a bowel movement? B. What was your bowel pattern before you noticed the change? C. Is there a family history of irritable bowel syndrome? D. Have any of your parents or siblings had cancer of the colon? - ANSWER B. When palpating the abdomen, the nurse notices a mass at the anterior right costal margin in the MCL. Which organ is most likely involved? A. Liver B. Spleen C. Sigmoid colon D. Kidney - ANSWER A. What percussion sound is heard over most of the abdomen? A. Resonance B. Hyperresonance C. Dullness D. Tympany - ANSWER D. A patient with a history of kidney stones presents with complaints of pain, hematuria, and nausea with vomiting. What assessment technique will illicit kidney pain? A. Rovsing sign B. Psoas sign C. Percussion for CVA tenderness D. Blumberg sign - ANSWER C. When auscultating the abdomen, the nurse hears a bruit to the right of the midline slightly below the umbilicus. The nurse documents this finding as a bruit of which of the following? A. Right renal artery B. Right femoral artery C. Right iliac artery D. Abdominal aorta - ANSWER C. A patient with a history of cirrhosis tells the nurse that his abdomen seems to be getting larger and that he has gained 9.7 kg (20 lb) in the last 6 months. How will the nurse determine whether the abdominal enlargement is from accumulation of fluid or fat from the weight gain? A. By listening for a fluid wave B. By percussing the abdomen for shifting dullness C. By auscultating for lymph nodes D. By stroking the abdomen to elicit the abdominal reflex - ANSWER B. A patient with a tympanic abdomen complains of pain in the RUQ. Which sign would the nurse expect to be positive? A. Murphy sign B. Psoas sign C. Rovsing sign D. Obturator sign - ANSWER A. (tests for gallbladder pain)