NUR 2180 Physical Assessment Quiz 3

NUR 2180 Physical Assessment Quiz 3 Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) How do we perform light palpation on the abdomen? - Correct Answers ✅use first 4 fingers to depress the skin about 1 cm inside and move it in a rotation motion, clockwise.GI assessment order - Correct Answers ✅inspect, auscultate, percuss, palpate Why do we listen before we palpate the abdomen? - Correct Answers ✅so we do not disrupt or dislodge anything within the bowels.What is voluntary guarding? - Correct Answers ✅Patient volitionally tenses the abdominal muscles when the examiner palpates.What things do we feel for when palpating the abdomen? - Correct Answers ✅organs, size, consistency, masses, temperature, tenderness, pain, mobility Where do we percuss for kidney tenderness? - Correct Answers ✅on the posterior surface at the 12th rib at the CVA angle. 1 / 2

NUR 2180 Physical Assessment Quiz 3 Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) How do we percuss for kidney tenderness? - Correct Answers ✅indirectly with a hand and fist. look for signs of pain.What are the signs of breast cancer? - Correct Answers ✅lumps or masses felt in the breasts or axilla, movable lumps, dimpled or reddened skin, tenderness to touch, nipple crust, skin sores, sunken nipple, growing vein, What is the role of the RN during a male or female GU exam?

• Correct Answers ✅Assist the provider with the exam by

holding the patient, giving them tools, collecting specimens and advocating for the patient.hypoactive bowel sounds are - Correct Answers ✅sound every 5-6 seconds normal bowel sounds are - Correct Answers ✅sounding 3-4 sec in each quadrant hyperactive bowel sounds are - Correct Answers ✅heard 1-

• seconds in each quadrant and are normally very loud

absent bowel sounds - Correct Answers ✅no sounds in 3-5 minutes

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