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The nurse is positioning a patient who is to have a lumbar puncture performed. What position is appropriate for this diagnostic test?
 
  a. prone
  b. supine
  c. semi-Fowler's
  d. side-lying with knees drawn up to chest
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For a spinal tap, place the patient in a lateral recumbent position with the craniospinal axis parallel to the floor and the flat of the back perpendicular to the procedure table. Have the patient assume a flexed knee-chest position to bow the back. This position will separate the vertebrae.
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