While observing a student nurse performing a bed bath, a nursing instructor recognizes that additional instruction is needed when the student
1. Covers the patient with a bath blanket.
2. Changes the water after bathing the feet.
3. Washes extremities from proximal to distal.
4. Washes from the cleanest areas to the dirtiest area.
ANS: 3
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