Final Exam: NURS 190 NURS190

Final Exam: NURS 190 / NURS190

(Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Physical Assessment | Review Questions and Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct - West Coast

Question:

+Blumberg sign

Answer:

EMERGENCY, it is stabbing pain compressed abdomen of the patient return to non-compressed state

Question:

+Rovsing's sign

Answer:

pain at RLQ when palpating the left lower quadrant.

(indication of acute appendicitis/peritoneal irritation)

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Question:

+Psaos sign

Answer:

pain in RLQ when patient is in supine position while right leg is raised up with resistance by the nurse(+appendicitis)

Question:

+Murphey's sign

Answer:

sharp pain of the URQ when palpating the lower border of the liver as the patient is deep breathing.(sign of +cholecystitis)

Question:

• Collin sign

Answer:

presence of ecchymosis or blueish discoloration of the skin at periumbilical area, indication of bleeding in the abdomen(ex-ruptured ectopic pregnancy)

Question:

McBurney’s point

Answer:

-pain at this point indicated acute appendicitis.-located at RLQ from inguinal area to umbilicus (imaginary line divide into 1/3: middle is mcburney's point) 2 / 4

Question:

normal assessment sound of all 4 quadrants you should hear

Answer:

tympanic sounds

Question:

dullness

Answer:

sound you hear on percussion over the LIVER or any solid organs

(tumors or abdomen of a pregnant woman, ascites)

Question:

Upon inspection of the abdomen, which finding should the nurse report that requires immediate intervention?

Answer:

STRONG pulsation, which is an indication of AAA (abdominal aortic aneurism)

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Question:

abdominal contour:

skinny very skinny obese & infant early pregnancy 3rd trimester ascites

Answer:

-skinny: flat

very skinny: scaphoid

obese & infants: rounded to Protuberant

early pregnancy: rounded

3rd trimester: protuberant

-ascites: protuberant

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