In reviewing the emergency records of a patient admitted to the unit for appendicitis, the nurse notes that there is documentation the patient complained of pain in the right lower quadrant when the left lower quadrant was palpated. The nurse correlates this finding to which diagnostic sign?

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Rovsing's sign is indicative of appendicitis when pain in the right lower quadrant is elicited by palpating the left lower quadrant, suggesting the spread of inflammation to the peritoneum.

In Reviewing the Emergency Records of a Patient Admitted to the Unit