Question

18. ___________ is a pulsatile blowing sound that occurs with stenosis or occlusion of an artery. a. venous hum b. Peritoneal friction rub c. systolic bruit d. boborygmus

20. A patient presents to the ED with worsening LLQ pain. A question the nurse might ask is : a."Have you ever had your appendix removied. b. "Do you have any history of gallbladder issues?"c. "when was your last bowel movement?"d. "How much alcohol do you drink?"

4. A patient presents with acute pain in the RUQ. To assess the abdomen the nurse would: a. only use light palpation of that area. b. Palpate the painful area last. c. go right to the deep palpation to determine cause. D. Palpate with both light and deep palpatation of that area first.

10. When do you perform an Iliopsoas muscle test? a. when abdominal pain of appendicitis suspected. b. when abdmoinal pain of cirrohis is suspected c. In order to propery outline and measure the borders of the liver. D. When the patient has absent or decrease bowel sounds.

Answer 1

18. C. Systolic bruit is a pulsatile blowing sound that occurs with stenosis or occlusion of an artery.

20. C. The nurse should ask about the last bowel movement as anatomically left lower quadrant involves mostly the large intestines.

4. D. We need to palpate with both light and deep palpation of that area first.

10. A. Ilopsoas muscle test is indicated for the patient with complaints of abdominal pain and suspected appendicitis.