When the Nurse Enters a Male Patient's Room to Administer

When the nurse enters a male patient's room to administer a medication, he calls out from the bathroom, telling the nurse to leave his medication on the bedside table. He reassures the nurse that he will take the medication as soon as he is finished. How should the nurse proceed?

A) Inform the patient that the nurse will return when he is finished in the bathroom.
B) Wait outside the bathroom door until the patient is ready for the dose.
C) Withhold the dose until the next administration time later in the day.
D) Leave the medication at the bedside so that the patient can take it later.