Abdominal assessment nursing tips for nursing students, nurses, and more. When assessing the abdomen on a patient, such as during a head-to-toe assessment, you'll want to keep several things in mind.

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First, you want to inspect, auscultate, percuss, and then palpate. This is a little different from the order of other assessment types, where you would auscultate last.

Next, you want to start at the right lower quadrant and work in a clockwise directions through the other abdominal quadrants.

Finally, you'll want to use the bell of the stethoscope, which is best for picking up those bowel sounds.

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