A woman is 16 weeks pregnant and has elected to terminate her pregnancy. The nurse knows that the most common technique used for the medical termination of a pregnancy in the second trimester is:
1. dilation and evacuation (D&E).
2. instillation of hypertonic saline into the uterine cavity.
3. intravenous administration of oxytocin (Pitocin).
4. vacuum aspiration.
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1. Correct. The most common technique for medical termination in the second trimester is dilation and evacuation.
2. Incorrect. Hypertonic solutions injected directly into the uterus account for less than 1% of all abortions because other methods are safer and easier to use.
3. Incorrect. Intravenous administration of oxytocin is used to induce labor in a woman with a third-trimester fetal demise.
4. Incorrect. Vacuum aspiration is the method used for abortions in the first trimester.
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