The nurse receives a prescription from the health care provider to discontinue the client's surgical wound drain today. The drain has 250 ml of bloody drainage What is the priority nursing action?

Leave the drain in place, and do not remove it until there is less drainage

Place a call to the health care provider to discuss the prescription

Do not empty or remove the drain. Leave it for the health care provider to see

Empty the drain, document the amount, and remove the drain as prescribed