A patient is prescribed an intravenous antibiotic for an infection. The nurse realizes this intervention is appropriate to treat which of the following patient problems?
• Fever
• Pain
• Fatigue
• Fluid-volume status
Fever
Rationale: One intervention appropriate for a patient with an infection demonstrating a fever is the administration of antibiotics to treat the organism responsible for the infection. The administration of an antibiotic is not an intervention associated with the patient problems of pain, fatigue, or fluid-volume deficit.
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