A Patient Who Was Raped Is in the Emergency Department

question 12

Multiple Choice

A patient who was raped is in the emergency department. She asks the nurse what her alternatives are for emergency contraception. The nurse tells her she can:

• A) Take levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol.
• B) Have Essure implanted.
• C) Have a laparoscopic tubal ligation.
• D) Take levonorgestrel alone, but in a high dose.
• E) Take high doses of male hormones.

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