An 11-Year-Old Girl Is in the Clinic for a Sports

An 11-year-old girl is in the clinic for a sports physical examination. The nurse notices that she has begun to develop breasts, and during the conversation the girl reveals that she is worried about her development. The nurse should use which of these techniques to best assist the young girl in understanding the expected sequence for development?

A) Use the Tanner scale on the five stages of sexual development.
B) Describe her development and compare it with that of other girls her age.
C) Use the Jacobsen table on expected development on the basis of height and weight data.
D) Reassure her that her development is within normal limits and tell her not to worry about the next step.