The nurse explains that the difference between primary infertility and secondary infertility is that primary infertility describes the inability to:
a. maintain a pregnancy past the first tri-mester.
b. conceive after 1 year of active unprotected sex.
c. deliver a viable infant after two pregnan-cies.
d. conceive after using a follicle stimulator for 1 year.
B
Primary infertility is defined as inability to conceive after 1 year of active unprotected sex. Sec-ondary infertility is the inability to conceive after having once conceived, or the inability to maintain a pregnancy long enough to deliver a viable infant. Approximately 10% to 20% of U.S. couples have infertility, and today more couples are seeking medical intervention.
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The Nurse Practice _____ indicates the acceptable scope of nursing practice for the different levels of nursing
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