A student nurse is doing clinical hours on your unit. The student asks you to auscultate the patient's abdomen to verify what he has heard
The student tells you he has heard one or two bowel sounds in a 2-minute period of time. How would you tell the student to document the patient's bowel sounds?
A) Normal
B) Hypoactive
C) Hyperactive
D) Absent
Ans: B
Feedback: Documenting bowel sounds is based upon assessment findings. The terms normal (sounds heard about every 5 to 20 seconds), hypoactive (one or two sounds in 2 minutes), hyperactive (5 to 6 sounds heard in less than 30 seconds), or absent (no sounds in 3 to 5 minutes) are frequently used in documentation. Therefore options A, C, and D are incorrect.
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