Data provided by studies on patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) have influ-enced the standards of practice for those patients
Which order should the nurse anticipate on the standard orders as a result of initiatives devel-oped through clinical studies?
a. Obtaining blood cultures within 4 hours of arrival at the hospital
b. Administering antibiotics within 4 hours of arrival at the hospital
c. Administration of aspirin on arrival to the hospital
d. Administration of oxygen at 4 L per nasal prongs
ANS: B
Administration of antibiotics, along with acting on the information obtained from the blood cul-tures, is the standard of care developed for patients admitted with CAP. Blood cultures need to be obtained prior to administration of antibiotics. Options C and D do not apply to CAP stand-ards.
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