A patient with a history of epilepsy has been ordered nothing by mouth prior to a surgical procedure scheduled for 1000. The patient is due for phenytoin 100 mg PO at 0900. Which action is most appropriate for the nurse to take?

Give the prescribed medication with 30 ml of water

Give the same dosage of the drug rectally, indicating that the patient is NPO

Ask the provider if the drug route of administration can be changed to IV

Omit the 0900 dose and note in the chart that the patient is NPO