Name four guidelines to improve the success of palpation

What will be an ideal response?


Guidelines to improve the success of palpation include:
a) Notice when you are second-guessing yourself or jumping to conclusions.
b) Trust what you feel.
c) Palpate slowly enough to take the time to feel but fast enough to not habituate to touching an area and numbing out.
d) Keep your hands relaxed and sink into the tissues.
e) Adapt your hand positions to the shape of the tissues.
f) Look at anatomical pictures in order to more accurately visualize what you are palpating.

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