The nurse is teaching a group of perimenopausal women about treatment choices for their symptoms. The nurse will include which information? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Importance of continuing contraception
2. Benefits of menstrual regulation with hormones
3. Increase in vaginal dryness with hormones
4. Decrease in acne and hirsutism
5. Increase in endometrial cancer risk
1, 2, 4
Explanation: 1. Thirty-eight percent of pregnancies for women ages 40 and older are unplanned; some form of contraception is needed.
2. Regulation of menses with effective contraception is a benefit to the perimenopausal woman.
4. Women on hormones might experience less acne and hirsutism.
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