The nurse has found the patient with delirium in other patients' rooms several times.The best action by the nurse would be to:
A) Firmly tell the patient that he must stay out of other patients' rooms, and tell him to return to his room.
B) Take him back to his room, and put him in bed with the side rails up.
C) Take him to the nurses' station, and let him visit for a while.
D) Administer a dose of lorazepam (Ativan) as ordered.
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