When the parents of a child with nephrosis ask the nurse how long the prednisone therapy will continue, the nurse bases the response on the knowledge that steroid therapy will continue:
a. For the rest of the child's life
b. For up to 3 weeks
c. Until the urine is free of protein
d. Until the edema disappears
C
Steroid therapy will continue until the child's urine has been free of protein for a specified period of time.
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