The Nurse Is Documenting the Findings of an Abdominal Assessment

The nurse is documenting the findings of an abdominal assessment on a client and documents the following information, "pain noted during palpation at McBurney point." How did the nurse elicit this response during the assessment?

A) The nurse lightly palpated the around the client's umbilicus.
B) The nurse pressed into the client's abdomen and then pulled his hand back quickly.
C) The nurse palpated over the client's spleen.
D) The nurse palpated the area between the client's ileum and umbilicus in the client's right lower quadrant.