A nurse is preparing to assist in the administration of a medication to a client and notices that the expiration date for the medication was two days ago. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? ◯ Administer the medication since it has been expired for less than 72ℎ. ◯ Complete an incident report documenting that the pharmacy provided an expired medication. ◯ Dispose of the expired medication dose in the sharps container. ◯ Return the expired medication to the pharmacy.
