A Client with TB Wants to Know Why DOT Is

question 8

Multiple Choice

A client with TB wants to know why DOT is required as part of the treatment. What CHN response would be the most appropriate one?

• A) "Clients with TB are often noncompliant; DOT will ensure that you take the drugs prescribed to you."
• B) "This therapy is recommended by TB experts as the best way to ensure that you receive the treatment you need and that the infection doesn't become resistant to treatment."
• C) "This ensures that you get your medication even at the late stages of TB, when your memory may be affected by inadequate oxygenation to the brain."
• D) "TB medications are very expensive, and this method ensures that government health care resources are not wasted by those who will not take the drugs regularly."

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Definitions:

Unpleasant Stimulus

An external factor that causes discomfort or displeasure, often used in psychological experiments to provoke a response.

Withdrawal

The discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing an addictive drug or behavior.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a consequence applied to an organism's environment that increases the likelihood of that organism repeating the associated behavior in the future.

Shaping Behavior

A method of positive reinforcement of behaviors that are successively closer to the desired behavior, used in behavior modification programs.