A nurse is reviewing a patient’s medication list and notices a potentially dangerous drug-drug interaction that was overlooked by the prescribing physician. The nurse verifies the interaction with a pharmacist. What is the nurse’s immediate ethical responsibility?

Administer the medication as ordered, trusting the physician.
Withhold the medication and report the interaction to the prescribing physician for clarification or modification of the order.
Administer one of the interacting drugs and hold the other.
Document the interaction in the chart and wait for the physician to notice.

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