A nurse is preparing to administer an antibiotic medication at 1000 to a patient but gets busy in another room. When should the nurse give the antibiotic medication?

A) By 1030
B) By 1100
C) By 1130
D) By 1200

Give time-critical scheduled medications (e.g., antibiotics, anticoagulants, insulin, anticonvulsants, and immunosuppressive agents) at the exact time ordered (within 30 minutes before or after scheduled dose). Give non-time critical scheduled medications within a range of either 1 or 2 hours of scheduled dose. 1100, 1130, and 1200 are too late.