It Is Thought That a Patient May Be Experiencing Pancreatitis

It is thought that a patient may be experiencing pancreatitis. Which nursing action would be useful in helping diagnose this disorder?

A) The patient bends the right knee and flexes the right hip, while the nurse flexes the thigh to a right angle and externally and internally rotates the leg.
B) The nurse inquires with radiology when an endoscopy can be scheduled for the patient.
C) The nurse anticipates that the patient's health care provider will order a barium enema.
D) Placing the hand on the lateral surface of the patient's flexed right thigh, the nurse asks the patient to push against the applied resistance.