The nurse is going to assess a patient's abdomen. Which of the following assessment techniques should the nurse use first when conducting this assessment?
a. auscultation c. percussion
b. palpation d. inspection
D
The correct order of assessment techniques to assess the abdomen is inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation.
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