A patient received the wrong dose of a narcotic, and the error was caught during the shift's narcotic count. The nurse performing the count was not the nurse who signed out the medication. The nurse's next action should be to:
A. Speak about the error with the nurse who gave the medication.
B. Report the medication error without first consulting the nurse who signed out the medication.
C. Call the nurse manager and ask her to handle the situation.
D. Write out an incident report.
ANS: A
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