A nurse is teaching a patient who is preparing to travel for a month-long missionary trip to Africa. The provider has ordered chloroquine (Aralen Phosphate) as suppressive therapy
Which statement by the patient indicates a need for further teaching?
a. "I should continue taking the drug for 2 weeks after returning home."
b. "I should take 500 mg of this drug once each week."
c. "I should take the first dose 1 week before leaving for Africa."
d. "I should take this drug with meals."
ANS: A
Patients taking chloroquine as suppressive therapy should take the medication for 4 weeks, not 2 weeks, after returning from an area where infection is likely. The patient is correct to state that 500 mg of the drug should be taken weekly, that the first dose should be taken 1 week before travel, and that the drug should be taken with meals.
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