An older adult client is 12 hours postoperative for a hernia repair and suddenly becomes agitated, staggers out into the corridor, and demands to be set free. After helping the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) with assisting the client back to bed and then administering pain medication, which intervention is best for the practical nurse (PN) to implement?
A. Instruct the UAP to keep the upper side rails up and check on the client every 15 minutes until the client is resting.
B. Notify the healthcare provider and request a prescription for restraints to minimize the client's danger to self.
C. Administer a prescribed narcotic antagonist to reverse the effects of any analgesic accumulation.
D. Raise the side rails and notify the family to come and stay until the client is reoriented and cooperative.