A client asks the nurse for emergency contraception. Which
question should the nurse ask the client?
A. "Where are you in your monthly cycle?"
B. "Did you use a condom during intercourse?"
C. "How long ago did you have unprotected sex?"
D. "What kind of birth control have you used in the past?"
Correct Answers C. "How long ago did you have unprotected
sex?"
A client calls the clinic and tells the nurse that she has missed
taking several of her contraceptive pills during the current cycle.
What is the best instruction for the nurse to give the client?
A. "You should use an alternative form of birth control for the
rest of this cycle."
B. "Please come into the clinic immediately to have a pregnancy
test done."
C. "If you have missed fewer than three of your pills, you do not
need to worry."
D. "You might consider another form of birth control if you
keep missing your pills." Correct Answers A. "You should use
an alternative form of birth control for the rest of this cycle."
A client calls the family planning clinic and states, "I had
unprotected sex, and now I am afraid I will get pregnant."
Which information about Plan B should the nurse provide to
client?
, Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no
incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
A. "You can purchase Plan B without a prescription."
B. "You cannot purchase Plan B until you have been examined
at the family planning clinic."
C. "You may take two separate doses of Plan B."
D. "If you are already pregnant, Plan B will end the pregnancy."
E. "Plan B will prevent ovulation and implantation." Correct
Answers A. "You can purchase Plan B without a prescription."
C. "You may take two separate doses of Plan B."
E. "Plan B will prevent ovulation and implantation."
A client receiving Depo-Provera as a method of birth control
asks the nurse how long the prescription will be effective.
Which response should the nurse provide the client?
A. 1 year
B. 2 months
C. 3 months
D. 6 months Correct Answers C. 3 months
A client taking oral contraceptives tells the nurse she is
experiencing nausea and breast tenderness and is afraid she
might be pregnant. Which information should the nurse provide
the client?
A. Instruct the client to come to the clinic to evaluate their birth
control prescription.
B. Ask the client if she is premenstrual.