A 21-Year-Old College Student Presents to the University Campus Clinic

Multiple Choice

A 21-year-old college student presents to the university campus clinic. The nurse collects the patient's medical history and performs an initial assessment. The patient states, "I'm having a herpes flair, and I need a prescription for acyclovir." The nurse examines the lesion on the shaft of his penis. The ulcer is 2 cm in size and seems painless and hard upon palpation.
-The physician in the clinic wrote a prescription for acyclovir when the student called him on the phone that morning.What is the most appropriate action by the nurse?  

A) Give the student the prescription for acyclovir
B) Give the student the prescription for acyclovir and instruct him to use it in the future
C) Call the physician,report the assessment findings,and suggest a prescription for penicillin G
D) Ask the physician to write a prescription for a broad-spectrum antibiotic