A nurse witnesses a coworker taking a medication ordered for a patient. The nurse's first course of action is to
1. Ask the other nurses on the unit what they would do.
2. Tell the coworker that the incident will be reported the next time it happens.
3. Offer to care for the nurse's patients until the medication is no longer effective.
4. Report the incident to the nurse supervisor.
ANS: 4
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