Ten Minutes After the Nurse Administered the Ordered Preoperative Opioid

Ten minutes after the nurse administered the ordered preoperative opioid byintravenous (IV) injection, the client asks to get up to go to the bathroom to urinate. Which of the following actions is best for the nurse to implement?

A) Assist the client to the bathroom and ensure a call bell is within reach.
B) Offer a urinal or bedpan and position the client in bed to promote voiding.
C) Allow the client up to the bathroom because the onset of the medication takes more than 10 minutes.
D) Ask the client to wait because catheterization is performed at the beginning of the surgical procedure.