An older adult client is admitted to the psychiatric unit for assessment of a recent onset of dementia. The practical nurse (PN) notes that in the evening this client often becomes restless, confused, and agitated. Which intervention is most important for the PN to implement?

Administer a prescribed PRN benzodiazepine at the onset of a confused state.

Ensure that the client is assigned to a room close to the nurses' station.

Postpone administration of nighttime medications until after 2300.

Ask family members to remain with the client in the evenings from 1700 to 2000.