A 26-year-old woman is scheduled for a first-trimester abortion in the morning. A laminaria tent is inserted as part of the vacuum aspiration procedure. The nurse explains to the woman that laminaria is used to:
1. stimulate the uterus to contract.
2. prevent postabortion infection.
3. reduce pain by numbing the cervix.
4. dilate the cervix for easier insertion of the aspirator.
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1, 2, 3. Incorrect. None of these statements is accurate.
4. Correct. The laminaria tent dilates the cervix atraumatically. On removal of the moist, ex-panded laminaria tent, the cervix will have dilated two or three times its original size.
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