The nurse employed in the ambulatory care department hears a client in the waiting room call out, "Help, fire!" The nurse rushes to the waiting room and finds the wastebasket on fire. Which action should the nurse take first?
1. Confine the fire.
2. Extinguish the fire.
3. Activate the fire alarm.
4. Remove the clients from the waiting room.
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Rationale: The order of priority in the event of a fire is to rescue the clients in immediate danger. The next step is to activate the fire alarm. The fire is then confined by closing all doors, and last, the fire is extinguished.
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