The statement by the nurse that is most likely to overcome noncompliance in the patient with gonorrhea who is taking a protocol of tetracyclines is:
1. "You should take all of this medicine."
2. "Noncompletion of this medicine supply will make your disease resistant to it."
3. "You will become sterile if you do not complete the supply of medicines."
4. "The doctor wants you to take all of this medication."
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Explain to the patient that medication-resistant disease is a very real possibility if the entire amount of the prescription is not taken. Sterility is not related to noncompliance with the medication, but to repeated occurrence of the gonorrhea.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
REF: 1107, Drug Therapy table OBJ: 9
TOP: Treatment Noncompliance KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity
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