A Nurse Uses Four Basic Skills During a Physical Assessment

question 23

Multiple Choice

A nurse uses four basic skills during a physical assessment.While assessing the abdomen the nurse must begin with which of the following skills?

• A) Light palpation
• B) Inspection
• C) Deep palpation
• D) Auscultation

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