The Nurse Is Helping a Patient to Take His Medications;

The nurse is helping a patient to take his medications; however,the medication cup falls to the floor,spilling the contents.The appropriate action for the nurse to take is to

A) discard the medications and repeat the preparation.
B) document the client's refusal of the medications.
C) wait until the next dosage time, then give the medications.
D) retrieve the medications and administer them to avoid waste.