The nurse evaluates the need for additional instruction about the "morning-after" pill, levonorge-strel, when the patient says:
a. "I must take levonorgestrel within 72 hours of having had unprotected sex."
b. "I will take an antiemetic before I take levonorgestrel."
c. "I only need to take one dose of levonor-gestrel."
d. "Depending on the state, I may or may not need to get a prescription for levonorge-strel."
C
Known as the "morning-after" pill, emergency contraception is indicated after unprotected in-tercourse. It is not meant to be used on a regular basis, but was developed to decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies and elective abortions. Emergency contraception prevents pregnancy in one of three ways: by preventing ovulation or fertilization, slowing transport of the sperm and egg, or altering the uterine lining to prevent implantation. "Plan B one-step" is one tablet of le-vonorgestrel only, taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex; the tablet was approved in July 2009 and is available without prescription to women over 17 years of age.
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