An 83-year-old woman has end-stage ovarian cancer. Prior to her diagnosis, she was able to live alone and take care of her Als without any difficulty. She would like to remain at home with hospice care. She has the support of her children, who all live locally, and have all attended this appointment to discuss their mother's plan of care. The nurse starts the appointment by introducing themselves and trying to determine what medications the patient is taking at home: Nurse: Do you take any medication at home? Patient: Yes, I am taking pain medication that helps me right away, and then I am also taking a pain medication that I take in the moming and in the evening regardless of whether I have pain right then or not.
How can the nurse best clarify what these medications are?
a. To ask the patient's children if they know the name of the medication
b. To ask the patient to see her medication bottles.
c. To ask the patient if she is taking morphine.
d. No clarification is necessary