Sounds
Inspection/Auscultation
Percussion/Palpation
Random
100

Tympanic sound hear over the left lower rib cage, close to the sternum. 

What is the gastric bubble?

100
The four contour shapes of the abdomen.
What is flat, round, scaphoid, and protuberant
100
Dullness heard while percussion indicates this
What is a hard mass, such as an organ, stool, etc.
100
The order of assessment
What is Inspection, Auscultation, Percussion, Palpation
200
Drum-like sounds while percussing the abdomen indicates this sound
What is tympany
200
The order of auscultation through the four abdominal quadrants
What is RLQ, RUQ, LUQ, LLQ
200

Position the patient should be in before assessing abdomen.

What is head of bed flat, arms at their side, and pillow below knees?

200

Scratching the abdomen around the umbilicus and watching for umbilical movement

What is the abdominal reflex test?  

300
Performing percussion over the liver will create this sound.
What is dullness.
300
What are the seven things a nurse looks for while inspecting the abdomen?
Contour, symmetry, umbilicus, skin, pulsation, hair distribution, and demeanor
300
At what point of the exam should a nurse palpate a painful site identified during the assessment?
Last
300
The three types of pain that occur in the abdomen
What is Vicersal, parietal, and referred.
400
loud, high pitched, rushing, tinkling sounds that signal increased motility in the stomach indicate this.
What is Hyperactive Bowel sounds.
400
The four arteries auscultated during the abdominal assessment
What is Aortic, iliac, femoral, and renal
400
When is the bladder palpable?
When it is full
400
What is the rational for the order of assessing the abdomen?
Percussion and palpation can disturb or change the normal movement of peristalsis in an individual creating false movement sounds.
500

Percuss down from an area of resonance to dullness followed by percussing up from an area of tympany to dullness.  

How do you measure the liver border? 

500
What should the nurse do if no bowel sounds are heard?
Listen for a full five minutes, if nothing is heard contact a physician.
500

two percussion tests used to differentiate ascites from gaseous distention

What are fluid wave and shifting dullness?

500
What is necessary for the patient to do before an abdominal exam?
Empty the bladder
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