The nurse is performing percussion during an abdominal assessment. Percussion notes heard during the abdominal assessment may include:
a. Flatness, resonance, and dullness.
b. Resonance, dullness, and tympany.
c. Tympany, hyperresonance, and dullness.
d. Resonance, hyperresonance, and flatness.
ANS: C
Percussion notes normally heard during the abdominal assessment may include tympany, which should predominate because air in the intestines rises to the surface when the person is supine; hyperresonance, which may be present with gaseous distention; and dullness, which may be found over a distended bladder, adipose tissue, fluid, or a mass.
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