The nurse is providing nutritional guidance to the parents of a preschool-age client. which parental comment would prompt the nurse to provide further education?

When the parent says that "while cooking the meat, it is safe to leave it red at the center as long as no juice is running out of it." Nurse must inform the parent that meat should be cooked thoroughly prior to consuming. Meat that has a red matter at the center whether it releases juice or not is not sufficiently cooked and increases the risk of food-borne diseases.