Multiple Choice
During an examination,the nurse asks the patient to perform the Valsalva maneuver and notices that the patient has a moist,red,doughnut-shaped protrusion from the anus.The nurse knows that this would be consistent with:
A) a rectal polyp.
B) hemorrhoids.
C) a rectal fissure.
D) rectal prolapse.
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