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Clinical Nursing Skills

Check Your Understanding Questions

Clinical Nursing SkillsCheck Your Understanding Questions

Check Your Understanding Questions

1 .
Why is the abdomen assessed in a different order than other body systems?
2 .
When documenting your findings, how do you describe objective findings?
3 .
When assessing the abdomen for abdominal distention, why is it important to get a history of a patient’s stool pattern and current diet?
4 .
How can asking where a patient feels a bulge in the abdomen help pinpoint what type of hernia the person is experiencing?
5 .
When assessing the abdomen for distention, why does the nurse ask the patient to lie in a supine position?
6 .
When assessing the abdomen for different disorders, why is a diet history important?
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