Before placing antiembolism stockings on a patient for the first time, a nurse should
1. Obtain baseline vital signs.
2. Have the patient lie supine for 15 minutes.
3. Ask the patient to sit at the side of the bed.
4. Instruct the patient to apply lotion to his or her legs.
ANS: 2
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