NCLEX-CGFNS: Abdominal Assessment

ABDOMINAL ASSESSMENT

• It is practiced to detect abnormalities in the abdominal area like mass and abdominal bowel sounds.
• Place the patient in supine position.
• Do it in this order: inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation.
• Palpation is done last because of disrupt bowel rhythm and may rise abdominal sounds.
• Palpation is contraindicated in patients with wilm's tumor and abdominal aortic aneurysm.