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

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?

In performing a voice test to assess hearing, which of these actions would the nurse perform?

The nurse is performing an otoscopic examination on an adult. Which of these actions is correct?

When performing the corneal light reflex assessment, the nurse notes that the light is reflected at 2 o'clock in each eye. The nurse should:

The nurse is testing a patient's visual accommodation, which refers to which action?

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 suspects that a patient has appendicitis. Which of these procedures are appropriate for use when assessing for appendicitis or a perforated appendix? (Select all that apply)

A nurse is precepting a new graduate nurse on the telemetry unit. The new graduate nurse is preparing to perform an abdominal assessment on a hospitalized client without a history of gastrointestinal abnormalities. Click to indicate the corresponding number for each of the following assessment techniques in order of performance.

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

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