NURS 210: Abdominal Assessment questions with answers 2024/2025

NURS 210: Abdominal Assessment1 - Lock the door 2 - Draw the curtain 3 - Keep patient covered (only uncover areas being assessed - correct answer Describe ways to ensure privacy during the abdominal assessment... 1 - Ask the patient is he or she has to use the bathroom prior to assessment 2 - Ensure the exam room is warm 3 - Warm the stethoscope before placing on the patient's abdomen 4 - If your hands are cold, wash them w/warm water or rub them together - correct answer Describe ways to ensure patient comfort during the abdominal assessment... LAST - correct answer It there is pain in a particular area of the abdomen, when would we assess this area? cancer, weight loss, hernia, or accumulation of fluid - correct answer A scaphoid, distended, or protuberant abdomen is usually seen with underlying pathology such as... intestinal obstruction - correct answer Increased peristaltic waves are seen in... aortic aneurysm - correct answer Pulsations are increased with the presence of an... fluid, fat, feces, flatulence, fibroids, or a fetus - correct answer Abdominal distension is caused by... Ascites - correct answer An abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity Diastasis recti - correct answer Bulging area in the abdomen occurring with the separation of the two halves of the rectus abdominus muscles in the midline at the linea alba