Anurse is teaching the parents of a child diagnosed with rheumatic fever about prescribed drug therapy. which statement would indicate to the nurse that additional teaching is needed?

"We can stop the penicillin when her symptoms disappear."

Explanation:

When a patient suffers from rheumatic fever, and there is no presence of carditis, it is necessary to prescribe a treatment of antibiotics for five years or to the point when the patient turns 18 or 21 years old. In children, intramuscular penicillin seems to decrease the rate of attacks by a significant 80%.

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