The Nurse Is Preparing to Assess a Patient Who Reports

The nurse is preparing to assess a patient who reports abdominal pain as 6 on a scale of 0 to

A) First medicate the patient for the pain.
10. To best facilitate the abdominal assessment, what nursing action is indicated?
B) Palpate the patient's abdomen last.
C) Assist the patient into the knees-bent supine position.
D) Encourage the patient to take slow, deep breaths.