After spreading your patient's buttocks with gloved hands to inspect the anal mucosa, you should instruct the patient to
a. take a deep breath, then breathe out slowly and relax.
b. flex both knees and hold tightly with both hands.
c. bear down as if moving the bowels.
d. cough several times.
C
Spread the patient's buttocks apart with both hands, exposing the anus. Instruct the patient to bear down as though moving the bowels. It is inappropriate to have the patient taking a deep breath, then breathe out slowly and relax; to flex both knees and hold tightly with both hands; or to cough several times.
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