Case Study: A patient’s family brings a traditional herbal remedy and insists on giving it to the patient, who is on multiple potent medications. The staff nurse’s most appropriate initial action is to:

Forbid the family from bringing outside remedies.
Allow the family to give the remedy to respect their culture.
Assess the remedy if possible, explain the potential for harmful drug interactions to the family, and notify the physician.
Ignore the situation as long as the patient takes their prescribed medication.

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