A Client Is Diagnosed with a Urinary Tract Infection

question 22

Multiple Choice

A client is diagnosed with a urinary tract infection.The health care practitioner elects to treat this client with ciprofloxacin (Cipro) .The client asks the nurse why she isn't receiving trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMZ) , the drug she was given eight months ago when she had a urinary tract infection.What is the best response by the nurse to this client?

• A)"Cipro is less expensive than the drug you took the last time."
• B)"Many clients have developed resistance to TMP-SMZ, so that drug isn't used as much."
• C)"It is obvious that the TMP-SMZ didn't clear up your infection the first time, so you are being given another medication."
• D)"I'm sure there is a good reason why you are being given this different medication."

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