A Physician Needs to Insert a Vaginal Speculum into a Patient

question 82

Multiple Choice

A physician needs to insert a vaginal speculum into a patient for a vaginal examination. In what position should the nurse place the patient?

• A) Sims
• B) Prone
• C) Lithotomy
• D) Dorsal recumbent

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