The nurse administers an evening medication to the patient in the morning.The medication did go to the correct patient.What is the nurse's best course of action at this time?
A) Change the medication administration time to the morning.
B) Notify the physician about the error and complete an incident report.
C) Tell the evening nurse to hold the evening dose just for tonight.
D) Notify the physician and ask if any further action needs to be taken.
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