The nurse is performing a head-to-toe assessment of a client and would expect to palpate the liver in which quadrant?
1. Right lower quadrant
2. Left upper quadrant
3. Right upper quadrant
4. Left lower quadrant
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: The liver is not in the right lower quadrant.
Rationale 2: The liver is not in the left upper quadrant.
Rationale 3: The liver is anatomically positioned in the R costal border.
Rationale 4: The liver is not in the left lower quadrant.
Global Rationale: The liver is anatomically positioned in the R costal border. It does not normally extend to other quadrants.
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