A client admitted to the facility for treatment for tuberculosis receives instructions about the disease. Which statement made b
y the client indicates the need for further instruction?A. "I'll have to take the medication for up to a year."B. "This disease may come back later if I am under stress."C. "I'll stay in isolation for 6 weeks."D. "I'll always have a positive test for tuberculosis."
The patient doesn't have to isolate himself for 6 weeks, after 2 weeks of antitubercular therapy, he is no longer contagious. He just needs to continue taking his drug for up to a year and also not go though stress as it might make it relapse back.