The nurse correctly assesses a patient's abdomen by following the sequence of
1. Inspection, palpation, and auscultation.
2. Palpation, inspection, and auscultation.
3. Palpation, auscultation, and inspection.
4. Inspection, auscultation, and palpation.
ANS: 4
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