The nurse assists the provider getting supplies and monitoring the client during an emergency insertion of a femoral line at the client's bedside. Which nursing behavior helps to maintain the sterile environment?
1. Avoids reaching over the field
2. Wears a sterile cap and booties
3. Uses sterile examination gloves
4. Places a face mask on the client
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1. The nurse avoids reaching over the sterile field to avoid contamination.
2. The nurse is circulating for the provider using clean technique, so sterile garments are unnecessary; besides, a head cover and booties are not sterile even when used during in a sterile procedure.
3. Sterile gloves are not indicated for the nurse while circulating for the provider.
4. The procedure takes place away from the client's mouth and nose and, unless the client is spewing droplets, the nurse does not need to put a mask on the client.
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