The Client Is Noncompliant with Taking Medications to Prevent Malaria

question 15

Multiple Choice

The client is noncompliant with taking medications to prevent malaria prior to an overseas business trip. What will the best assessment of the nurse reveal?

• A) The medication dosing was too frequent for the client to tolerate.
• B) The cost of the medications was too high for the client's budget.
• C) The side effects of vomiting and diarrhea were too uncomfortable.
• D) The taste of the various tablets was really too offensive to the client.

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