When adding items to a sterile field, a nurse correctly
1. Opens the sterile package toward himself or herself.
2. Comes in from the side to drop the items on the sterile field.
3. Drops the items onto the side of the sterile field.
4. Reaches across the field to place the items in the center.
ANS: 2
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