When providing care to a hospitalized patient, a nurse appropriately demonstrates a caring demeanor by doing which of the following? Select all that apply
1. Pulling the privacy curtain during a bed bath
2. Using a sheet to cover a patient during a bath
3. Encouraging the patient to wear pajamas from home
4. Allowing the patient to wear his own underwear
5. Providing the patient with a second gown to wear backward
ANS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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