After the nurse determines that a client has the following risk factors for melanoma, which risk factor should be the focus of client teaching related to prevention?
A)The client has multiple dysplastic nevi.
B)The client is fair-skinned and has blue eyes.
C)The client's mother died of a malignant melanoma.
D)The client uses a tanning booth throughout the winter.

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Since the only risk factor that the client can change is the use of a tanning booth, the nurse should focus teaching about melanoma prevention on this factor. The other factors also will contribute to increased risk.

After the Nurse Determines That a Client Has the Following