The patient is receiving an oral antibiotic as treatment for cellulitis of the lower extremity. The patient's outcome is "Patient will state a key point about antibiotic treatment for cellulitis." Which statement would the nurse evaluate as best indicating this outcome has been met?

Answer is "I need to take all the pills even if my leg looks better."

Explanation:

Cellulitis can be described as a skin infection which is caused by bacteria mostly by the entry of Streptococcus and Staphylococcus into the skin.

The infected skin area appears reddish and swollen with pains. It usually  or mostly affect the lower legs, but can affect the other parts too.  I is usually referred to as cellulitis of lower extremity when it affects the lower leg.

It can be treated by administration of antibiotics like amoxillin.

In this case, the nurse will know that outcome has been met when the patient make a statement that shows that he/she must complete the dose of the antibiotics, even if his/her leg is better before dose completion.

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endo:

regulates body hormones, aldosterone, vasopressin

neural:

signal, regulates body using electric signals, reflex

endo has to do with hormones; aldosterone and vasopressin are both hormones. i also had this question and got it right : d