When the nurse starts to administer a medication to a 2-month-old child, the nurse discovers there is no ID bracelet on the child. The nurse should:
A) Give the medication after confirming the child's name from the foot of the crib.
B) Ask the charge nurse to give the medicine.
C) Confirm the identity with the charge nurse, make a new bracelet, and give the medicine.
D) Delay the medication until the admissions office can supply a new ID bracelet.
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