It would be considered inappropriate for a nurse to
1. Set a meal tray down on a patient's over-the-bed table and then immediately leave the room.
2. Remove any item from a patient's over-the-bed table before the delivery of meal trays.
3. Assist a patient with dentures before mealtime.
4. Inquire whether the patient needs to go to the bathroom before eating.
ANS: 1
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