NUR 2180 PHYSICAL ASSESMENT MODULE
5 QUIZ WITH QUESTIONS AND WELL
VERIFIED ANSWERS[ACTUAL EXAM 100%]
GRADED A+
How do we perform light palpation on
... [Show More] the abdomen? - ANS✔✔---use first 4 fingers to
depress the skin about 1 cm inside and move it in a rotation motion, clockwise.
GI assessment order - ANS✔✔---inspect, auscultate, percuss, palpate
Why do we listen before we palpate the abdomen? - ANS✔✔---so we do not disrupt
or dislodge anything within the bowels.
Where do we percuss for kidney tenderness? - ANS✔✔---on the posterior surface at
the 12th rib at the CVA angle.
What is voluntary guarding? - ANS✔✔---Patient volitionally tenses the abdominal
muscles when the examiner palpates.
What things do we feel for when palpating the abdomen? - ANS✔✔---organs, size,
consistency, masses, temperature, tenderness, pain, mobility
How do we percuss for kidney tenderness? - ANS✔✔---indirectly with a hand and fist.
look for signs of pain.
What are the signs of breast cancer? - ANS✔✔---lumps or masses felt in the breasts
or axilla, movable lumps, dimpled or reddened skin, tenderness to touch
hypoactive bowel sounds are - ANS✔✔---sound every 5-6 seconds
normal bowel sounds are - ANS✔✔---sounding 3-4 sec in each quadrant
hyperactive bowel sounds are - ANS✔✔---heard 1-2 seconds in each quadrant and
are normally very loud
What is the role of the RN during a male or female GU exam? - ANS✔✔---Assist the
provider with the exam by holding the patient, giving them tools, collecting specimens
and advocating for the patient.
absent bowel sounds - ANS✔✔---no sounds in 3-5 minutes
How long do we listen to bowel sounds with absent bowel sounds? - ANS✔✔---5
minutes per quadrant
Causes of hyperactive bowel sounds - ANS✔✔---Crohn's disease
Diarrhea
Food allergy
GI bleeding
Infectious enteritis
Ulcerative colitis
Causes of hypoactive bowel sounds - ANS✔✔---Inflammation of the peritoneum
(peritonitis)
From paralytic ileus as following abdominal surgery
Late bowel obstruction
Constipation
Which organs are located in the RUQ? - ANS✔✔---Liver;
Gallbladder;
Colon;
Small intestine – portions
Causes of absent bowel sounds - ANS✔✔---obstruction, anesthesia
Which organs are located in the RLQ? - ANS✔✔---appendix, portions of large and
small intestine and bladder, and uterus
Which organs are located in the LUQ? - ANS✔✔---Spleen
L kidney and adrenal
L lobe of liver
Body of pancreas
Splenic flexure of colon
Part of descending and transverse colon
What is the name of temporary enlargement of one or more breasts in males? -
ANS✔✔---gynecomastia
indication of appendicitis - ANS✔✔---rebound tenderness, RLQ pain
How do you test for rebound tenderness? - ANS✔✔---the provider presses on
umbilicus and RLQ and when pressure removed, pain will occur
Rounded abdomen - ANS✔✔---abdomen protrudes due to subq fa [Show Less]