The Unit Manager Is Reviewing Documentation Describing a Client's Progress

The unit manager is reviewing documentation describing a client's progress in terms of a critical path (Care Map) for postoperative colon resection recovery. The manager notes that, although the documentation is complete, the client has made minimal progress in the areas of mobility and paincontrol for the prior 48 hours. The manager's first activity after making the observation of deviation from the path is to contact the client's:

A) Family to determine what is wrong
B) Assigned nurse to increase client care interventions
C) Physician to determine measures to discharge the client
D) Case manager to determine whether the predicted variance has been negotiated with the health insurer