The nurse is aware that for a woman to be diagnosed as being primary infertile, the patient has:
1. been unable to conceive after 1 year of regular unprotected sex.
2. conceived once, but did not deliver a viable infant.
3. conceived once, but was unable to conceive again.
4. conceived three times in 1 year without a viable birth.
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To be diagnosed as primary infertile, the patient must have been unable to conceive after 1 year of regular unprotected sex. All other options are definitions of secondary infertility.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 1071
OBJ: 5 TOP: Infertility KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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