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The Nurse Is Assessing a Child Admitted to the Hospital

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The nurse is assessing a child admitted to the hospital for abdominal pain. Which of the following findings by the nurse would be typical of those seen in appendicitis?


A) anorexia, nausea, and vomiting preceded the pain according to the history provided by the caregivers
B) a subnormal temperature for the last 2 days
C) pain that was vague and somewhat localized to the periumbilical area and gradually migrated to the right lower quadrant
D) night time chills for 1 week

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