A nurse is assisting a health care provider in assessing a hospitalized client. During the assessment, the health care provider is paged to report to the recovery room. The health care provider leaves the client's bedside after giving the nurse a verbal prescription to change the solution and rate of the intravenous (IV) fluid being administered. What is the appropriate nursing action in this situation?
A. Calling the nursing supervisor to obtain permission to accept the verbal prescription
B. Changing the solution and rate of the IV fluid per the physician's verbal prescription
C. Asking the health care provider to write the prescription in the client's record before leaving the nursing unit
D. Telling the health care provider that the prescription will not be implemented until it is documented in the client's record
Ans: C. Asking the health care provider to write the prescription in the client's record before leaving the nursing unit
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