The nurse working in an obstetrician's office admits a woman who is 12 weeks pregnant and began spotting this morning. The nurse anticipates the physician will:
1. Order bedrest for several days.
2. Perform a dilatation and curettage.
3. Perform a cerclage.
4. Perform a salpingectomy.
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Rationale: With only spotting, the client may be placed on bedrest or just instructed to reduce activity levels until bleeding stops. A D and C would not be performed unless bleeding were heavy and incomplete abortion suspected.
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