On the Patient's Return to the Medical-Surgical Unit,the Nurse Performing

question 5

Multiple Choice

On the patient's return to the medical-surgical unit,the nurse performing an abdominal assessment can affirm an absence of bowel sounds after listening in each quadrant for at least:

• A) 30 seconds.
• B) 1 minute.
• C) 2 minutes.
• D) 3 minutes.

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