A nurse is providing teaching to the mother of an adolescent girl about how to manage menstrual pain nonpharmacologically. Which of the following statements by the mother indicates a need for further teaching?
A) "I need to help her learn techniques to distract her, card games, for example."
B) "I need to be able to identify the subtle ways she shows pain."
C) "I need to follow these instructions exactly for them to work properly."
D) "I need to encourage her to practice and utilize these techniques."
C
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Control is important in an experimental research study for which of these reasons?
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1. Separating the outer and inner ear 2. Vibrating with sound waves 3. Covering the eustachian tube 4. Covering the mastoid process
A client in the emergency department is diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease. Before discharge, the nurse will provide the client with some health teaching about which topic?
1. Endometriosis 2. Menopause 3. Ovarian hyperplasia 4. IUD for contraception