The visiting nurse is seeing a patient with osteomyelitis that is being treated with antibiotics. Which statement by the patient does not indicate the need for more teaching?

"I can stop taking the antibiotics once the pain and redness are gone"

"I will need to take these antibiotics for a long time, maybe 12 weeks"

“This is a superficial infection that is easy to treat"

"Once the swelling goes down my antibiotics can be switched from IV to oral"