The nurse is assessing a patient with abdominal pain. The nurse,who notes that there is ecchymosis around the area of umbilicus,will document this finding as

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Cullen sign is ecchymosis around the umbilicus. Rovsing sign occurs when palpation of the left lower quadrant causes pain in the right lower quadrant. Grey Turner's sign is bruising over the flanks. Deep tenderness at McBurney's point (halfway between the umbilicus and the right iliac crest),known as McBurney's sign,is a sign of acute appendicitis.

The Nurse Is Assessing a Patient with Abdominal Pain