Author Question: A nurse has auscultated the abdomen in all four quadrants for 5 minutes and has not heard any bowel ... (Read 36 times)

Pineappleeh · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A nurse has auscultated the abdomen in all four quadrants for 5 minutes and has not heard any bowel sounds. How would this be documented?

A) Auscultated abdomen for bowel sounds, bowel not functioning.
B) All four abdominal quadrants auscultated. Inaudible bowel sounds.
C) Bowel sounds auscultated. Patient has no bowel sounds.
D) Patient may have bowel sounds, but they can't be heard.

Question 2

Which of the following nonpharmacologic pain relief measures has been found to be effective for soothing agitated newborns and comatose patients?

A) distraction B) music C) humor D) imagery