The 29-year-old female patient who presents at six weeks postpartum for a routine checkup requests to start taking oral contraceptives again. The patient reports successful breastfeeding and a desire to continue for the next year. Which oral contraceptive is recommended for this patient?
- NCLEX Practice
- Categories
- Health Promotion and Maintenance
- View Question
- Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
- Difficulty: 8
Want help? View the answer with rationale.
Additional Health Promotion and Maintenance Questions
- Question Type: Multiple Choice - Select One
- Difficulty: 6
The 22-year-old woman has selected the Depo-Provera injection as her preferred method of contraception. Which information, if present in the patient’s chart, prompts the nurse to hold the medication and alert the physician?
- Question Type: Multiple Choice - Select One
- Difficulty: 8
The 28-year-old female patient presents to the clinic after missing her usual monthly menstrual cycle. A urine hCG level confirms that she is pregnant; further questioning estimates a gestational age of 11 weeks. The patient asks about the possibility of getting an abortion in the next few weeks. Which response by the nurse is appropriate?
- Question Type: Multiple Choice - Select One
- Difficulty: 6
0
