The client is prescribed amoxicillin (Amoxil) for 10 days to treat strep throat. After 5 days, the client tells the nurse he plans to stop the medication because he feels better. What is the best response by the nurse?
1. "If you stop the medicine early, you have not effectively killed out the bacteria making you sick."
2. "You should get another throat culture if your symptoms return."
3. "If you stop the medicine early, this could result in resistance to the antibiotic."
4. "You should get another throat culture to see if the infection is gone."
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Rationale 1: If all the medication is not taken, there is a strong possibility that not all bacteria have been eliminated.
Rationale 2: Another throat culture is inappropriate; the client must finish the medication.
Rationale 3: Stopping the medicine early can result in resistance to the antibiotic, but the client may not care about this unless he can see how it directly affects him.
Rationale 4: Another throat culture is inappropriate; the client must finish the medication.
Global Rationale: If all the medication is not taken, there is a strong possibility that not all bacteria have been eliminated. Another throat culture is inappropriate; the client must finish the medication. Stopping the medicine early can result in resistance to the antibiotic, but the client may not care about this unless he can see how it directly affects him. Another throat culture is inappropriate; the client must finish the medication.
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