A nurse is working with an assistive personnel (AP) to care for a group of clients on the pediatric unit. Which of the following tasks should the nurse have the AP perform first?

Check to see if the elbow restraint is in place for an infant who is postoperative from a surgical correction of a cleft palate.

Wash the hair of an adolescent who reports extreme fatigue and is scheduled for radiation therapy for the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma.

Collect a stool sample for ova and parasites from a school-age child

Engage a toddler in play.