Abdomen Assessment

Question 1

What 7 pieces of subjective data could you collect?

Answer 1

1. appetite
2. change in weight
3. difficulty swallowing
4. food intolerance
5. abdominal pain
6. nausea/vomiting
7. bowel habits

Question 2

What form of therapy helps with dysphagia?

Answer 2

speech therapy

Question 3

Which populations are most susceptible to constipation?

Answer 3

children, elderly, college kids

Question 4

What population is susceptible to fecal impaction?

Answer 4

quadriplegic patients

Question 5

What is distention?

Answer 5

painful bloating

Question 6

After having surgery and being under anesthetics, what is the effect on the bowels?

Answer 6

slows them down
have to make sure they urinate

Question 7

Narcotics and iron medications cause…

Answer 7

constipation

Question 8

When on iron medications what are the characteristics of stool?

Answer 8

dark

Question 9

Antibiotics cause…

Answer 9

loose stools

Question 10

In what order do you collect objective data?

Answer 10

1. inspection
2. auscultation
3. percussion
4. palpation

Question 11

What 7 things do you inspect with the abdomen?

Answer 11

1. contour
2. symmetry
3. umbilicus
4. skin
5. aortic movement
6. characteristics of normal feces
7. intake and output

Question 12

What does a gravid abdomen look like?

Answer 12

pregnant belly

Question 13

What is abdominal striae?

Answer 13

stretch marks

Question 14

What does it mean if you see any movement in the abdomen?

Answer 14

1. baby
2. heart is overworking
3. peristalsis
4. parasites

Question 15

What value during measurement indicates aortic aneurysm?

Answer 15

> 5cm

Question 16

What is the normal content of feces?

Answer 16

75% water
25% bacteria and undigested food

Question 17

What does red colored stool indicate?

Answer 17

lower GI problem

Question 18

What does black colored stool indicate?

Answer 18

upper GI problem

Question 19

What does green colored stool indicate?

Answer 19

infection

Question 20

What does clay colored stool indicate?

Answer 20

liver problem

Question 21

In what quadrant do you begin auscultation?

Answer 21

R. lower quadrant

Question 22

When performing light palpation how deep should you go?

Answer 22

1-2cm deep

Question 23

When performing deep palpation how deep should you go?

Answer 23

5-8cm deep

Question 24

When should you not perform deep palpation?

Answer 24

if they have mono because the spleen could rupture

Question 25

What side of the body is the liver on?

Answer 25

right side

Question 26

What side of the body is the spleen on?

Answer 26

left side

Question 27

At what value during measurement indicates that an umbilical hernia requires surgical intervention?

Answer 27

> 1in

Question 28

What is diastasis recti?

Answer 28

separation of rectus muscles that is common in infants

Question 29

What is meconium stool?

Answer 29

baby’s first poop: black, tarry, sticky (24-48hrs)

Question 30

What are the characteristics of breast fed stool?

Answer 30

seedy, grainy

Question 31

What are the characteristics of formula fed stool?

Answer 31

smooth

Question 32

What is a protuberant abdomen?

Answer 32

round belly common in children

Question 33

At what age can a child feel the urge to defecate?

Answer 33

18 months

Question 34

When collecting a stool specimen what should not be included?

Answer 34

toilet paper, urine, antibiotics

Question 35

What does it mean if a hemocult test turns blue?

Answer 35

there is blood in stool

Question 36

What is a EGD?

Answer 36

upper endoscopy

Question 37

What are enemas?

Answer 37

inserting fluid into rectum to soften stool