Your client has pink nail polish on. Before applying a pulse oximeter, you should:
1. remove the nail polish.
2. use alcohol at the appropriate site.
3. remind the client that the pain for this procedure will last for only a few minutes.
4. choose another location for the pulse oximeter.
ANS: 2
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