The nurse is preparing to assess a young adult female with right-upper-quadrant abdominal pain. Which question should the nurse ask when performing this assessment?
1. "Does the pain worsen when you inhale?"
2. "Do you have a history of diabetes?"
3. "When you eat, do you experience any nausea?"
4. "Have your periods been normal?"
Correct Answer: 1
The patient with inflammation of the gallbladder feels sharp pain on inspiration and stops inspiring. Neither diabetes nor menstruation causes right-upper-quadrant abdominal pain. Information about eating and nausea would not be helpful in determining the cause of the patient's pain.
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