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how to palpate the trachea - answer✔Place your finger in the
sternal notch. Feel each
side of the notch and
palpate the tracheal rings
Recognize the signs of stroke - answer✔Face drooping
Arm weakness
Speech difficulties
Time to call: Time loss is brain loss
may present with a moon
shaped face with reddened cheeks and
increased facial hair. - answer✔cushing syndrome
The nurse is assessing the patient for possible appendicitis. She is correct to perform
_________ to indicate a positive Psoas sign - answer✔Raising the right leg from hip
the sigmoid colon is located in this area of the abdomen - answer✔left lower quadrant
To palpate for tenderness of an adult client's appendix, the nurse should begin the abdominal
assessment at the client's - answer✔Right lower quadrant
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