A nurse has found a patient with delirium in other patients' rooms several times.What is the best action by the nurse?
A) Firmly tell the patient that he must stay out of other patients' rooms and tell him to return to his room.
B) Take him back to his room and put him in bed with the side rails up.
C) Take him to the nurses' station and let him visit for a while.
D) Administer a dose of lorazepam (Ativan) as ordered.
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