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Hormonal Methods ( 5 Questions)
A nurse is explaining the use of cycle beads to a client who wants to use the standard days method of contraception.
The nurse should instruct the client to do which of the following actions?
This is how theStandard Days Methodof contraception works, using a special string of beads calledCycleBeadsto track the days of the menstrual cycle and identify the fertile window.
Moving the ring from the last day of menstruation would not match the cycle days indicated by the beads
Moving the ring over two beads every day would not accurately track the cycle days, and starting from the first day of ovulation would be too late to avoid pregnancy.
Moving the ring over two beads every day would not accurately track the cycle days, and starting from the last day of ovulation would not account for the fertile window before ovulation.
The Standard Days Method can only be used by women who have regular cycles between 26 and 32 days long.They should avoid unprotected sex or use another method of birth control on days 8 to 19 of their cycle.
The correct answer is choice A. The client should move a rubber ring over one bead every day starting from the first day of menstruation. This is how the Standard Days Method of contraception works, using a special string of beads called CycleBeads to track the days of the menstrual cycle and identify the fertile window.
Choice B is wrong because moving the ring from the last day of menstruation would not match the cycle days indicated by the beads.
Choice C is wrong because moving the ring over two beads every day would not accurately track the cycle days, and starting from the first day of ovulation would be too late to avoid pregnancy.
Choice D is wrong because moving the ring over two beads every day would not accurately track the cycle days, and starting from the last day of ovulation would not account for the fertile window before ovulation.
The Standard Days Method can only be used by women who have regular cycles between 26 and 32 days long. They should avoid unprotected sex or use another method of birth control on days 8 to 19 of their cycle.