You are conducting a routine physical examination on a 34-year-old patient.When palpating the patient's thyroid gland using the anterior approach,you would first do which of the following?

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When palpating the thyroid gland using the anterior approach,the nurse stands in front of the patient,places the right thumb on the thyroid cartilage,and displaces the cartilage to the patient's right.The next step is to grasp the elevated right lobe of the thyroid gland with the thumb,index,and middle fingers of the left hand.Then palpate the surface of the gland,have the patient swallow,and palpate the surface again.The isthmus is a band of tissue joining the lobes of the thyroid.

You Are Conducting a Routine Physical Examination on a 34-Year-Old