A patient had abdominal surgery yesterday when auscultating his abdomen, you would expect to hear:

During an abdominal assessment, the nurse tests for a fluid wave. What condition would produce a positive fluid wave test?

A patient is reporting sharp pain along the costovertebral angles. What does this symptom most often indicate?

When performing a peripheral vascular assessment of the lower extremities, a nurse should place the fingertips just posterior to the medial malleolus in order to assess for which of the following peripheral pulses?

A patient comes into the clinic complaining of pain in her right eye. On examination, the nurse sees a pustule at the lid margin that is painful to touch, red, and swollen. The nurse recognizes that this is a:

A 70-year-old patient tells the nurse that he has noticed that he is having trouble hearing, especially in large groups. He says that he "can't always tell where the sound is coming from" and the words often sound "mixed up." What might the nurse suspect as the cause for this change?

The nurse in the family practice clinic is educating a newly graduated nurse on how to correctly use a penlight. The nurse creates the expected outcome: After the review session, the newly graduated nurse will verbalize appropriate penlight examination techniques.

For each statement below, click to specify whether it indicates the outcome was met or not met.

During an abdominal assessment, the nurse is unable to hear bowel sounds in a patient's abdomen. How long should the nurse listen before reporting absent bowel sounds?

When assessing the pupillary light reflex or PERRL (pupils, round, reactive to light), the nurse should use which technique?

A patient had abdominal surgery yesterday when auscultating his abdomen, you would expect to hear:

Which of the following is the first important step in helping the patient to relax for the complete abdominal examination?