The nurse assesses for a positive Murphy's sign in a client suspected of experiencing:
1. Cholecysititis.
2. Diverticulitis.
3. Renal calculi.
4. Urinary retention.
Cholecysititis.
Rationale: Murphy's sign is positive when a person has inflammation of the gallbladder, as seen in cholecystitis. The remaining options are not assessed by either a positive or negative Murphy's sign.
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