The nurse determines that a field remains sterile if which of the following conditions exist?  1. Tips of wet forceps are held upward when held in ungloved hands. 2. The field was set up 1 hour before...

The nurse determines that a field remains sterile if which of the following conditions exist?

 1. Tips of wet forceps are held upward when held in ungloved hands.

2. The field was set up 1 hour before the procedure.

3. Sterile items are 2 inches from the edge of the field.

4. The nurse reaches over the field rather than around the edges.