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A nurse is providing education to a client who has Graves' disease and who will be returning home after receiving their first dose of radioactive iodine therapy. Which of the following information should the nurse include?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Radioactive iodine therapy emits radiation, requiring avoidance of pregnant women and children for 7 days (
B). Repeat therapy (
A) depends on response, not a fixed schedule. Corticosteroids (
C) aren't needed. The therapy reduces thyroid hormone (
D), not increases it.

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