A patient with gonorrhea is taking a protocol of tetracycline antibiotics. Which statement by the nurse is most likely to help overcome patient noncompliance?
a. "You should take all of this medicine."
b. "Failing to take the entire medicine amount will make your disease resistant to it."
c. "You will become sterile if you do not complete the supply of medicines."
d. "The doctor wants you to take all of this medication."
B
Explain to the patient that medication-resistant disease is a real possibility if the entire amount of the prescription is not taken. Sterility is not related to noncompliance with the medication, but it is related to repeated occurrence of the gonorrhea.
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