A nurse is caring for another nurse's clients while that nurse is on break. While was making rounds of the other nurse's clients, the nurse found medications left a client's bedside stand. How should the nurse best address this problem?
a) Correct the problems and submit a written report.
b) Inform the nurse-supervisor right away.
c) Speak to the coworker when she returns to the unit.
d) Ask for a meeting with the coworker and a manager.
Answer: c) Speak to the coworker when she returns to the unit.
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