The nurse recognizes which clinical finding as expected on palpation of the abdomen?
a. Inability to palpate the spleen
b. Left kidney rounded at 2 cm below the costal margin
c. Slight tenderness of the gallbladder on light palpation
d. Bounding pulsation of the aorta over the umbilicus
ANS: A
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