After the nurse implements a teaching plan for a newly diagnosed patient with hypertension,the patient can explain the information but fails to take the medications as prescribed.The nurse's next action would be to
A) reeducate the patient, because learning did not occur because the patient's behavior did not change.
B) assess the patient's perception and attitude towards the risks associated with not taking their anti-hypertensives.
C) take full responsibility for helping the patient make dietary changes.
D) ask the provider to prescribe a different medication, because the patient does not want to take this medication.
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