Your protocol reads: "O2 via NC prn if asymptomatic for CP / SOB and SpO2 >97%." To follow this order, you should do which one of the following?

A) Call medical command to administer oxygen if the pulse oximeter reading is above 97%.
B) Consider oxygen for a patient complaining of a runny nose and SpO2 at 98%.
C) Administer oxygen via face mask if the patient denies a complaint and has a pulse oximeter reading of 98%.
D) Administer oxygen through a nasal cannula at three liters per minute if the pulse oximeter reads 96%.

B

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