The nurse is preparing educational materials at a family planning clinic. The patient who is an appropriate candidate for using emergency contraception would be one who reports:

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Emergency contraception is most effective when used within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse, and a condom breaking during the middle of the menstrual cycle would be an appropriate indication for the use of emergency contraception. Forgetting to start a pill pack and having unprotected intercourse during menses are not appropriate indications for emergency contraception. Increased dysmenorrhea since IUD insertion is not related to the use of emergency contraception.

The Nurse Is Preparing Educational Materials at a Family Planning