The nurse is teaching a class of adolescents about the risk of skin cancer
One of the teens asks, "I know you can get skin cancer from lying in the sun, but tanning booths are different, right?" The nurse would include which of the following when responding? 1. While tanning booths are not as bad as the sun, they still increase the risk of skin cancer.
2. Tanning booths are worse than the sun because they emit more ultraviolet light.
3. Both tanning booths and the sun increase the risk of skin cancer, and should be avoided.
4. Occasional use of tanning booths is unlikely to be harmful if time is limited.
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Rationale: Both tanning booths and sun exposure increase the risk of skin cancer, and should be avoided. Risk increases with the length of time spent in the sun (or tanning booth), but the exact amount of exposure considered safe has not been determined, and the best policy is to use sunscreen when sun exposure is anticipated and to avoid the use of tanning booths.
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