Question

A client smoking in his bathroom has dropped a cigarette butt into a wastepaper basket, which begins to smolder. Which of the following actions is the nurse’s priority?

Move any clients in the immediate vicinity Rationale?

Answer 1

C. Move any clients in the immediate vicinity.

Rationale: The greatest risk to clients is injury from smoke and fire; therefore, the nurse's first action is to from smoke and fire; therefore, the nurse's first action is to
move any clients near the smoke to a safe location. The acronym RACE is a reminder of the
order in which to take steps in the event of a fire. The nurse should rescue the clients, activate
the fire alarm, confine the fire, and extinguish the fire.