When you bring a sedative for sleep in to the patient, he asks you to leave the drug on his table and he will take it when his television show is over. What should you do?
a. Insist that he take the drug right now.
b. Leave it at his bedside as he requests.
c. Tell him you will bring it back later, after the show.
d. Document that he refused to take his prescribed drug.
ANS: C
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