Assessing the abdomen

Assessing the abdomen for return demonstration of Nursing students: Inspection Auscultation of bowel & vascular sounds Percussion of the four quadrants of the abdomen Percussion of the liver Scratch test Testing splenic dullness Fluid wave Testing shifting dullness Palpating surface & deep areas Palpating the liver Hooking technique Palpating the spleen, kidneys & aorta Rebound tenderness (Blumberg’s test) Inspiratory arrest (Murphy’s sign) Iliopsoas Muscle Test Obturator test