The client requests an oral pain medication

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The client requests an oral pain medication. The nurse notes that the client is NPO in preparation for laboratory tests. What is the nurse's best response to this client? "I will contact your health care provider and ask for an order for a different method of drug administration." "I will check with your health care provider and see if it will be all right for you to take a pain pill." "You will have to wait for this medication until you eat and drink again." "You are not allowed to have any medication by mouth right now. I will give you this medication in an injection."

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