Practice Question
A client is prescribed antibiotics while pending the results of their wound culture. The nurse understands this method of medication therapy is known as:
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Empiric therapy
Rationale:
♦️Empiric therapy refers to initiating treatment based on the most likely cause of a condition before the specific pathogen is identified.
♦️In this case, antibiotics are started while awaiting culture results, which is standard for infections when immediate treatment is necessary to prevent worsening or sepsis.
♦️Once culture results return, therapy may be tailored more specifically.
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Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI MedSurg
- Answer Choices: 3
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