Health Assessment KSU Exam 2 Questions With 100% Correct Answers
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Health Assessment KSU Exam 2 Questions
With 100% Correct Answers
What quadrant is the liver located in? - answerRUQ (majority of liver)
LUQ
What quadrant is the spleen located in? - answerLUQ
What quadrant would you find the stomach in? - answerLUQ
What quadrant is the small intestine located...
Health Assessment KSU Exam 2 Questions With 100% Correct Answers What quadrant is the liver located in? - answer✔✔RUQ (majority of liver) LUQ What quadrant is the spleen located in? - answer✔✔LUQ What quadrant would you find the stomach in? - answer✔✔LUQ What quadrant is the small intestine located in? - answer✔✔All 4 quadrants Hemataemesis - answer✔✔Vomiting blood - bright red Which is more of an emergency? Bright red vomit, coffee ground vomit, o r bright green vomit? - answer✔✔Green vomit and bright red are biggest emergencies What quadrant is the large intestine found in? - answer✔✔All 4 quadrants Linea alba - answer✔✔Midline seam joining abdominal muscles OLDCARTS - answer✔✔Onset Location Durati on Characteristics Aggravating/Alleviating factors Radiation Timing Severity What are some things you should do to prepare for an abdominal exam? - answer✔✔-Ensure good lighting -Drape for privacy -Enhance relaxation by having pt lie supine, do breathing e xercises, etc. What are the steps in order of the abdominal assessment? - answer✔✔1. Inspection 2. Auscultation 3. Percussion 4. Palpation What do you look at on inspection of the abdomen? - answer✔✔Contour Symmetry Umbilicus Skin Pulsations Hypoactive bow el sounds can suggest... - answer✔✔Peritonitis or recent surgery Hyperactive bowel sounds suggest... - answer✔✔Intestinal obstruction, diarrhea, intestinal infection How long do you listen to bowel sounds to deem them absent? - answer✔✔5 minutes Hyper -resonance during percussion of the abdomen suggests... - answer✔✔A gas -filled distension If percussion causes pain, the patient likely has ____________. - answer✔✔Peritonitis (inflammation of peritoneum) True/False: If a patient reports tenderness in an area, you should palpate that area FIRST to get it over with. - answer✔✔False! Tender spots done last What is the purpose of light palpation? - answer✔✔Determines musculature and forms impression of skin surface When are some situations that bimanual p alpation of the abdomen may be necessary? - answer✔✔Obese patient or to overcome resistance True/False: In normal circumstances, the liver is often not palpable. - answer✔✔True! True/False: In normal circumstances, the spleen is often palpable. - answer✔✔False! Spleen is NOT palpable normally If the spleen is palpable during an abdominal exam, what are some possible causes? - answer✔✔Mononucleosis Lymphoma Leukemia HIV
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