Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
The Journal of School Nursing
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Zimmermann, P. G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Zimmermann, P. G.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Feature Article

Assessment of Abdominal Pain in School-Age Children

Polly Gerber Zimmermann, RN, MS, MBA, CEN

Polly Gerber Zimmermann, RN, MS, MBA, CEN, is an instructor in the Department of Nursing at Harry S. Truman College, Chicago, IL. She is a former associate nurse for American Airlines at O’Hare International Airport and a former emergency department staff nurse at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, IL

Pediatric abdominal pain can be a difficult condition to accurately assess for the nurse to determine whether the child’s need is for teaching, treating, or transferring. This article describes the process as well as practical tips to be used by the nurse in the school setting. Distinguishing characteristics and findings, including key physical assessments, of some of the most frequent or most important conditions are described. Atypical, but not to be overlooked, causes are also discussed.

Key Words: abdominal physical assessment • appendicitis • gastroenteritis • intestinal obstruction • pediatric abdominal pain • peritonitis

The Journal of School Nursing, Vol. 19, No. 1, 4-10 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/10598405030190010201
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?