Select the response by the nurse to a 22-year-old woman that best answers her question on why she must take two antibiotics, ceftriaxone (Rocephin) and doxycycline (Vivox), for a gonorrhea infection
a. These two antibiotics taken together lessen the side effects of each other.
b. Many people who have gonorrhea also have a Chlamydia infection, and these two medications will eliminate both.
c. The medications potentiate each other and are stronger together than separately.
d. The course of treatment can be shortened to 5 days when two antibiotics are used.
B
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A framework through which we apply a psychodynamic lens to the study of behavior in organizations is
a. A behavioral paradigm b. A psychological paradigm c. A clinical paradigm d. A psychic paradigm