A clinical nurse specialist is caring for a two-year-old child who is diagnosed with intussusception at the ileocecal valve. The nurse did an assessment and noted all of the following except:

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The nurse did an assessment and noted all of the listed items except sausage-shaped stool. Intussusception is characterized by a "currant-jelly stool" which is composed of blood and mucous that occurs in almost 60% of all cases. The mass in the RUQ of the abdomen is the one that is shaped like a sausage. Other symptoms are sudden acute episodes of severe abdominal pain, during which the child pulls knees to chest; vomiting; lethargy and weakness; distended abdomen, painful to palpation; progressive fever; and prostration if peritonitis occurs.

A Clinical Nurse Specialist Is Caring for a Two-Year-Old Child