While performing a shift assessment, a nurse visually examines a patient's body for rashes and breaks in the skin, and looks for normal appearance of eyes, ears, nose, mouth, limbs, and genitals. This is an example of an assessment technique called
A) Palpation.
B) Inspection.
C) Percussion.
D) Auscultation.

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Inspection is the assessment technique where the nurse visually examines the patient's body for any abnormalities, looking at the skin, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, limbs, and genitals. Palpation involves using touch to feel the body's structures like lymph nodes and abdominal organs, percussion involves tapping the body and listening for sounds, and auscultation involves using a stethoscope to listen to internal sounds like heart and lung sounds.

While Performing a Shift Assessment, a Nurse Visually Examines a Patient's