A nurse counsels a patient scheduled for treatment with radioactive iodine for Graves' disease. Select the important component of patient education
1. This treatment is more costly than medical management.
2. Long-term effects may include lifelong hypothyroidism.
3. The treatment will take effect immediately.
4. The effects of radioactivity affect all body tissues.
Correct Answer: 2
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