A nurse is assessing a client who has been admitted with chest pain.

Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider immediately?

The nurse should ask open-ended questions that cover the characteristics, duration, frequency, severity, precipitating and relieving factors, associated symptoms, and impact of the cough on the client's health and quality of life.

Incorrect options:

A) "How long have you had this cough?" - This is a correct question, but it is not the only question that should be asked.

B) "What do you think is causing your cough?" - This is a correct question, but it is not the only question that should be asked.

C) "How does your cough affect your daily activities?" - This is a correct question, but it is not the only question that should be asked.

Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation

Rationale: The correct order of techniques for abdominal assessment is inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation. This order prevents altering bowel sounds by manipulating the abdomen before listening to them.

Incorrect options:

A) Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation - This order may alter bowel sounds by palpating and percussing before auscultating them.

C) Auscultation, inspection, palpation, percussion - This order may miss visual cues by inspecting after auscultating.

D) Palpation, auscultation, inspection, percussion - This order may alter bowel sounds and miss visual cues by palpating before auscultating and inspecting.