The nurse who is auscultating the patient's abdomen and hears one or two bowel sounds in a 2-minute period of time will document the patient's bowel sounds as:
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 (1 or 2 sounds in 2 minutes), hyperactive (5 to 6 sounds heard in less than 30 seconds), and absent (no sounds in 3 to 5 minutes) are frequently used in documentation.
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