Viral infections are common problems in humans (colds and flu). How should these diseases be treated? Patients are going to request (or demand) antibiotics. As a nurse, how should you respond to these patients? What is the danger of prescribing unwarranted antibiotics just to placate patients?
Viral infections causing cold and flu irrespective of medicational effects lasts for a week. So it is best, not to take any medication .It can be treated in the following way
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Inform them antibiotics for every single illness can lead to antibiotic resistance .Which is a danger to the human community .If they develop resistance to a drug then treating them for participating diseases can be a challenge and sometimes failure too.
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