A nurse delegates the task of assisting patients with ambulation to a student nurse. The nurse intervenes when observing the student
1. Instructing the patient to move from supine to standing positions in stages.
2. Assisting the patient to a dangling position with his or her feet firmly on the floor.
3. Holding the transfer belt loosely near the patient's body while ambulating.
4. Raising the head of the bed and assisting the patient with sitting on the side of the bed.
ANS: 3
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