During an abdominal assessment, the nurse is unable to hear bowel sounds in a patient's abdomen. Before reporting this finding as silent bowel sounds, the nurse should listen for at least:
a. 1 minute.
b. 5 minutes.
c. 10 minutes.
d. 2 minutes in each quadrant.
ANS: B
Absent bowel sounds are rare. The nurse must listen for 5 minutes before deciding that bowel sounds are completely absent.
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