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Assessment | Review Questions and
Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct -
West Coast
Question:
+Blumberg sign
Answer:
EMERGENCY, it is stabbing pain compressed abdomen of the patient return
to non-compressed state
Question:
+Rovsing's sign
Answer:
pain at RLQ when palpating the left lower quadrant.
(indication of acute appendicitis/peritoneal irritation)
,Question:
+Psaos sign
Answer:
pain in RLQ when patient is in supine position while right leg is raised up
with resistance by the nurse(+appendicitis)
Question:
+Murphey's sign
Answer:
sharp pain of the URQ when palpating the lower border of the liver as the
patient is deep breathing.(sign of +cholecystitis)
Question:
+ Collin sign
Answer:
presence of ecchymosis or blueish discoloration of the skin at periumbilical
area, indication of bleeding in the abdomen(ex-ruptured ectopic pregnancy)
Question:
McBurney’s point
Answer:
-pain at this point indicated acute appendicitis.-located at RLQ from inguinal
area to umbilicus (imaginary line divide into 1/3: middle is mcburney's point)
,Question:
normal assessment sound of all 4 quadrants you should hear
Answer:
tympanic sounds
Question:
dullness
Answer:
sound you hear on percussion over the LIVER or any solid organs
(tumors or abdomen of a pregnant woman, ascites)
Question:
Upon inspection of the abdomen, which finding should the nurse report that
requires immediate intervention?
Answer:
STRONG pulsation, which is an indication of AAA (abdominal aortic
aneurism)
, Question:
abdominal contour:
skinny
very skinny
obese & infant
early pregnancy
3rd trimester
ascites
Answer:
-skinny: flat
very skinny: scaphoid
obese & infants: rounded to Protuberant
early pregnancy: rounded
3rd trimester: protuberant
-ascites: protuberant