prioritizing

Sounds like an excellent student question that belongs in the student forums

was not aware.

Sounds like a good plan to me. A dressing change could take time and may delay the start of antibiotics. So getting the infusion going before addressing the wound is a good idea. In real life, of course, the answer is it depends” on several factors- like how complicated the dressing change is, whether the antibiotics are available from pharmacy, whether the patient has concurrent or incompatible IV infusions that need to finish first, etc.

thank you for your input. very appreciated

The timing of antibiotics is important. The initial doses should be given as soon as possible after the order because an active infections can grow at alarmingly high rates.

Maintaining uniform levels of the drugs in the blood stream is achieved by uniform spacing of doses.

And from a time-management standpoint, the dressing change will typically be much more time consuming than hanging the abx.

thank you. I am on the right track

As Double-Helix stated, in real life your prioritizing will be different. However, keep in mind, when it comes to the NCLEX - don't read into the question.

Sounds like a good plan to me. A dressing change could take time and may delay the start of antibiotics. So getting the infusion going before addressing the wound is a good idea. In real life, of course, the answer is it depends” on several factors- like how complicated the dressing change is, whether the antibiotics are available from pharmacy, whether the patient has concurrent or incompatible IV infusions that need to finish first, etc.