Words Used to Describe Abdominal Assessment
Food preferences and dislikes. When assessing the abdomen the. 2 Bruising for example may indicate trauma. . Auscultation would be performed 2nd rather than last in the nursing assessment process to avoid further pain and the initiation of inconclusive bowel sounds that could be caused by palpating 2nd. Absence of bowel sounds for example may indicate a blockage. McBurneys sign - deep tenderness at McBurneys point. Look at patients eyes during palpation and ask them to report pain. Unique to the sequence of the abdomen the abdomen is then auscultated percussed and finally palpated. Sprinkling of freckles noted across cheeks and nose. Health assessment test 2 abdominal assessment. Patafios sign pain when the patient is asked to cough whilst tensing the psoas muscle. A awake alert and oriented V alert to voice but not oriented P alert to painful stimuli only U unresponsive to voice or painful stimuli CUPS us...