A client comes to the women's center and tells the nurse she has had unprotected sex. She asks for emergency contraception. What is the best assessment question for the nurse to ask?
1. "How long ago did you have unprotected sex?"
2. "Did you use a condom?"
3. "What kind of birth control have you used in the past?"
4. "Where are you in your monthly cycle?"
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: Choice of emergency contraceptive is guided in some ways by the amount of time since unprotected sex.
Rationale 2: A condom is important to help prevent STDs, but will not affect emergency contraception timeframes, and the client said she had unprotected sex.
Rationale 3: Prior methods of birth control are not an issue here.
Rationale 4: Where the client is in her monthly cycle is not an issue here.
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