Your patient is scheduled to go to the OR (operating room) t…
Your patient is scheduled to go to the OR (operating room) this morning to have a total knee replacement (TKR). Some medications are being held until after the surgery per the physician’s order. When you enter the room to document the patient’s oxygen therapy, the patient asks for a PRN aerosol medication administration. When you check the chart, the order reads “Held for hs”. The most appropriate action is to: