The nurse is caring for a patient who will have surgery that morning.The patient usually takes an antihypertensive medication every morning.The patient has been NPO since midnight.What action will the nurse perform?

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The patient's provider or surgeon should determine the importance of giving the medication along with the safety of administering it prior to anesthesia.The nurse should not give the medication with or without water without the provider's permission.

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