A patient is admitted to the surgical unit in preparation for vein stripping and ligation for varicose veins.During the admission history,the patient tells the nurse that she has narrow-angle glaucoma and will need to continue her eye drops while hospitalized.For this patient,what preoperative order should the nurse question?
A) Atropine (Isopto Atropine) 0.4 mg intramuscularly (IM) on call to the operating room (OR)
B) Morphine sulphate 10 mg IM on call to the OR
C) Betaxolol (Betoptic) 1 drop in each eye on the morning of surgery
D) Diazepam (Valium) 5 mg orally on the morning of surgery with sips of water
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