Nursing Assessment Techniques Quiz
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What is the typical range for hyperactive bowel sounds per minute?

  • 10-20
  • 45-50
  • 25-30
  • 35-40 (correct)

Which group has a high lactose intolerance incidence according to the text?

  • Caucasians
  • Middle Easterners
  • Latinos
  • African Americans (correct)

What is the typical behavior of the gastrocolic reflex?

  • Increases salivation
  • Facilitates bowel elimination (correct)
  • Reduces gastric acid secretion
  • Decreases bowel movements

Which condition is associated with increased adipose tissue and decreased muscle tone leading to a rounded abdomen?

<p>Obesity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a distended and palpable tense mass suggest according to the text?

<p>Urine retention (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group is reported to have a slower peristalsis and less frequent bowel movements?

<p>Native Americans (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What effect does muscle guarding have on the abdomen?

<p>Causes local tenderness and hypersensitivity (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>This one (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which one of these is the most correct?

<p>This one (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should you look for during abdominal auscultation to indicate liver disease?

<p>Visible venous patterns (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a loud bruit during abdominal auscultation indicate?

<p>Liver disease (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group is not reported to have a high incidence of lactose intolerance according to the text?

<p>Mediterranean groups (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What effect does high fiber diets with a high quantity of raw fresh foods have on bowel elimination?

<p>Facilitation of bowel elimination (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the typical behavior of hyperactive bowel sounds?

<p>&gt;35 per minute (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where might tenderness be felt during deep palpation of the abdomen?

<p>Near xiphoid process (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a distended and palpable tense mass suggest according to the text?

<p>Urine retention (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group is associated with decreased salivation according to the text?

<p>Asians (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the typical range for hypoactive bowel sounds?

<p>&lt;2 sounds in 2 minutes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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