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londonang

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The nurse is assessing an adolescent patient admitted to the emergency department (ED) with right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain. What test can be done to assess for appendicitis?
 
  1) Murphy sign
  2) Iliopsoas muscle test
  3) CVA tenderness
  4) Scratch test

Question 2

Which is the correct sequence for the abdominal exam?
 
  1) Inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation
  2) Inspection, percussion, palpation, and auscultation
  3) Inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation
  4) Inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 2

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ANS: 3





 

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