Exam 14: Assessing the Abdomen

You are inspecting a patient's abdomen and suspect the patient may have a diastasis recti separation. To confirm your suspicion, you will ask the patient to:

Characteristics of bilirubin include which of the following? Select all that apply.

The nurse assesses the patient's pain as a dull, gnawing, cramping, or burning pain that is poorly localized. The nurse suspects that the pain is:

The patient has a history of alcoholism with liver disease. The diagnostic test you would expect the health-care provider to order in relation to a liver that is compromised is ____________________ level.

You are auscultating bowel sounds. How many clicks or gurgles per minute are considered normal bowel sounds?

The nurse is performing an abdominal assessment and starts with inspecting the abdomen. The nurse notes a ripple-like movement over the abdomen and remembers that this may indicate a(n):

Screening for colorectal cancer can include which of the following? Select all that apply.

Patient education for prevention of colon cancer should include which of the following? Select all that apply.

During the history of present illness, the patient reports narrowing of stools or pencil-like stools. The nurse knows that this may indicate:

The nurse is auscultating bowel sounds. Which of the following steps are correct? Select all that apply.

A patient presents with complaints of feeling bloated. You percuss all four quadrants of the abdomen. A high-pitched, hollow-quality, drum-like sound that is heard over air-filled viscera is called:

Characteristics of fecal occult blood (FOB) include which of the following? Select all that apply.

An examination that uses a flexible fiberoptic scope to visualize the mucosa of the lower third of the large intestine is called a:

You are assessing a patient who is complaining of "feeling bloated and short of breath." The patient is lying in the supine position. Your assessment findings are: inspection: skin is shiny and taut, protuberant abdomen with spider veins noted at the umbilical area; auscultation: hypoactive low-pitched bowel sounds, 10 clicks per minute; abdominal vasculature, no bruits; percussion: tympany at hypogastric and umbilical area; dull sounds on lateral dependent quadrants; palpation: firm, nontender, unable to palpate organs. What assessment should you perform next?

The gallbladder and biliary system perform which of the following functions? Select all that apply.

You are assessing a patient who has chronic complaints of diarrhea alternating with periods of constipation. As a nurse, you know that the primary function of the large intestine is:

The sequence of an abdominal assessment is different from other assessments so that peristalsis is not stimulated. Put the sequence for the abdominal assessment in order (1-4). (Enter the number of each step in the proper sequence. Do not use punctuation or spaces. Example: 1234.) ____1. Palpation ____2. Inspection ____3. Auscultation ____4. Indirect percussion

The spleen performs which of the following functions? Select all that apply.

A rise in levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) can indicate:

The double-layer membranous tissue containing blood vessels and nerves that supply the intestinal wall is the: