Student nurses are in the laboratory learning auscultation techniques. How would they learn to hold the chestpiece on the patient?
A) Place the endpiece between the thumb and the index finger
B) Place the index and middle fingers on top of the stethoscope
C) Place the endpiece between the index and the middle fingers
D) Place the thumb and index finger on top of the stethoscope
C
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