Verify documentation and inform the charge nurse

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A client who is prescribed hydrocodone 5 mg PO every 6 hours requests the medication at 0800. The nurse reviews the medication administration record and tells the client, "You can receive the medication again at 11 AM since you received it at 5 AM." The client reports, "The other nurse didn't give me a pill at 5 AM. I was asleep until 7:30 AM." Which action by the nurse is best?

1. Verify documentation and inform the charge nurse of the findings.

2. Ignore the client's comment and administer the medication at 1100.

3. Assume that the previous nurse performed a documentation error and administer the medication at 0800.

4. Call the previous nurse at home and ask for clarification.

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