1. GI
   • Make a comprehensive list of relevant information to gather when assessing abdominal pain.
   • How do you assess for masses in the abdomen and how you would document such findings?
   • Describe your findings on a previous patient that you have encountered where you have palpated a mass in the abdomen.
2. Musculoskeletal
   • Define, Compare, and Contrast the following conditions:
     • Osteoarthritis
     • Rheumatoid Arthritis

Submission Instructions:

• It should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in proper current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

Answer preview

When assessing abdominal pain, the practitioner should start by asking the patient where the pain is located, higher or lower abdomen, on the left, right, or center. The severity and intensity of the pain should also be asked as well as if or how it has changed. The OPQRST is an effective patient assessment tool that can guide the healthcare professional in understanding the patient’s pain (Sanders, 2009). OPQRST is a mnemonic device stands for onset, provokes or palliates, quality, radiates, severity, and time. Onset questions seek to determine how the condition developed: did it start suddenly or did it begin mildly and gradually got worse. It is also concerned with what activity the patient was engaged in when

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