A client is on the phone when the nurse brings a preoperative antibiotic before scheduled surgery. The circulating nurse has requested the antibiotic be started. The client wants the nurse to wait before starting it
What response by the nurse is most appropriate?
a.
Explain the rationale for giving the medicine now.
b.
Leave the room and come back in 15 minutes.
c.
Provide holistic client care and come back later.
d.
Tell the client you must start the medication now.
ANS: A
The preoperative antibiotic must be given within 60 minutes of the surgical start time to ensure the proper amount is in the tissues when the incision is made. The nurse should explain the rationale to the client for this timing. The other options do not take this timing into consideration and do not give the client the information needed to be cooperative.
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