A client with tuberculosis (TB)asks why the nurse is required to watch the client swallow the medication each day.Which of the following statements is the best response by the nurse?

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It is important to be respectful to clients and to consider their perspective and psychological health while also responding truthfully.Directly observed therapy (DOT)programs for TB medication involve the nurse observing and documenting individual clients taking their TB drugs.When clients prematurely stop taking TB medications,there is a risk that the TB will become resistant to the medications.This can affect an entire community of people who are susceptible to this airborne disease.DOT ensures that TB-infected clients receive adequate medication.Thus,DOT programs are aimed at the population level to prevent antibiotic resistance in the community and to ensure effective treatment at the individual level.Many health departments have DOT home health programs to ensure adequate treatment.The risk to client and the community if the client does not follow the treatment regimen is that the TB will become resistant to these medications it does not have to do with the possibility of noncompliance by the patient,that the patient will not remember,or related to the cost of the medications.

A Client with Tuberculosis (TB)asks Why the Nurse Is Required