A couple is beginning treatment with menotropin therapy. What education should the nurse offer to enhance the therapeutic effects of the medication? Advise the patients to have intercourse
a. before hCG injection and on the following 2 to 3 days.
b. the morning of the hCG injection and later that evening.
c. the evening of the injection and on the following day.
d. the evening of the injection and on the following morning.
ANS: A
The nurse should advise the patients to have intercourse the evening before the injection and on the following 2 to 3 days (during the probable period of ovulation).
Having intercourse the morning of the hCG injection and later that evening will not enhance the effects of menotropin.
Avoiding intercourse the evening of the injection and on the following day will not enhance the effects of menotropin.
Having intercourse the evening of the injection and on the following morning will not enhance the effects of menotropin.
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