The Advanced Practice Nurse Is Preparing to Palpate the Rectum

The advanced practice nurse is preparing to palpate the rectum and should use which of these techniques? The nurse should:

A) Flex the finger and slowly insert it toward the umbilicus
B) First instruct the patient that this procedure will be painful
C) Insert an extended index finger at a right angle to the anus
D) Place the finger directly into the anus to overcome the tight sphincter