The nurse discussing the menstrual cycle with an adolescent female client should include which of the following information?
1. The maturing follicle produces estrogen immediately at the end of the menstrual phase.
2. Cervical mucus is thicker during the proliferative phase.
3. Cervical mucus is thinner during the secretory phase.
4. The average menstrual cycle is 32 days.
1. The maturing follicle produces estrogen immediately at the end of the menstrual phase.
Rationale:
The nurse should instruct the client that at the end of the menstrual phase, the maturing follicle begins to produce estrogen. Cervical mucus is thinner, not thicker, during the proliferative phase. Cervical mucus is thicker during the secretory phase. The average menstrual cycle is 28 days.
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