The nurse is conducting an assessment of a client with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. Which action by the nurse is appropriate when palpating this client's abdomen?
1. Assessing the painful area first using moderate palpation.
2. Assessing the painful area last using deep palpation.
3. Assessing the painful area last using light palpation.
4. Assessing the painful area first using deep palpation.
Correct Answer: 2
Known painful areas of the body are usually the last area to be palpated. The assessment of structures of the abdomen requires moderate to deep palpation. Painful areas are not palpated first. Light palpation is used to evaluate surface characteristics, not the structures of the abdomen. While deep palpation is the appropriate technique, the painful area is examined last.
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