When the patient is supine and the head is flexed to the chest without pain, resistance, or flexion of the hips or knees, the nurse is observing

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Brudzinski's sign is elicited by flexing the patient's neck while they are supine. If there is involuntary flexion of the hips and knees, it is considered a positive sign for meningeal irritation, seen in conditions such as meningitis. The other options listed are unrelated to this particular maneuver.

When the Patient Is Supine and the Head Is Flexed