Final Exam: NR 509/ NR509 Advanced Physical Assessment (2024/ 2025 Update)- Chamberlain

Final Exam: NR 509/ NR509 Advanced Physical Assessment (2024/ 2025 Update)- Chamberlain What are you auscultating on abdomen? - ANSWER Bowel sounds x4 quadrants (may be absent with perforation, peritonitis and BO) Bruits (abdominal aorta, R/L renal, R/L iliac) What are you percussing on abdomen? - ANSWER All 4 quadrants for dullness, tympany, flatness Liver size Which abdominal organs are tympanic? - ANSWER Stomach Small intestine Large intestine Which abdominal organs are dull? - ANSWER the DENSE ones (d for dull and dense) Liver Spleen Intestines filled with stool What are you palpating in abdomen? - ANSWER Masses Tenderness Liver edge Spleen