On inspection of a 20-year-old female client's abdomen, the nurse asks the client to raise her head without using her arms and notes a midline bulge. The appropriate response of the nurse is to:
a. Ask the client if she is possibly pregnant.
b. Auscultate the client's abdomen for intestinal obstruction.
c. Note this as a normal finding and continue the examination.
d. Perform light and deep palpation of the abdomen.
ANS: C
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