The nurse performing an assessment of the client's abdomen uses which of the four techniques of examination in order to collect data?
1. Inspection and auscultation
2. Inspection, auscultation, and palpation
3. Inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion
4. Auscultation, percussion, and inspection
Correct Answer: 3
The nurse inspects the abdomen for appearance, auscultates for bowel sounds, palpates to determine organ location, and percusses. To use fewer than all four of these techniques would return less-than-complete data.
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