The nurse is conducting an assessment of a client with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. Which of the following should the nurse do when palpating the abdomen of this client?
1. Assess the painful area first using moderate palpation.
2. Assess the painful area last using deep palpation.
3. Assess the painful area last using light palpation.
4. Assess the painful area first using deep palpation.
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Rationale 1: Painful areas are not palpated first.
Rationale 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.
Rationale 3: Light palpation is used to evaluate surface characteristics, not the structures of the abdomen.
Rationale 4: While deep palpation is the appropriate technique, the painful area is examined last.
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