A nurse discovers a patient lying on the floor. When completing an incident report, the nurse should write:
1. "Patient fell out of bed onto the floor."
2. "Heard patient fall from the bed to the floor."
3. "Patient accidentally fell out of bed onto the floor."
4. "Found patient lying facedown on the floor beside the bed."
ANS: 4
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