A patient has been taking oral prednisone 60 mg daily for 3 days for an asthma exacerbation, which has resolved. The patient reports having gastrointestinal (GI) upset. The primary care nurse practitioner (NP) should:

a discontinue the prednisone.
b begin tapering the dose of the prednisone.
c order a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) to counter the effects of the steroid.
d change the prednisone dosing to every other day.