Multiple Choice
The nurse is teaching the nursing students to palpate the vertebra prominens when beginning posterior thoracic assessment of a patient.The students will:
A) Look for the spinous process of C7.
B) Usually not be able to palpate this on most individuals.
C) Find the interior border of the scapula.
D) Locate this next to the manubrium of the sternum.
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