Concerning the several hemorrhagic complications that may present during pregnancy, nurses should know that:
1. an incompetent cervix is usually not diagnosed until the woman has lost one or two pregnancies.
2. the incidence of ectopic pregnancy is declining as a result of improved diagnostic techniques.
3. one ectopic pregnancy does not affect a woman's fertility or her likelihood of having a normal pregnancy the next time.
4. gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) is one of the persistently incurable gy-necologic malignancies.
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1. Correct. Short labors and recurring loss of pregnancy at progressively earlier gestational ages are characteristics of reduced cervical competence.
2. Incorrect. Because diagnostic technology is improving more ectopic pregnancies are being diagnosed.
3. Incorrect. One ectopic pregnancy puts the woman at increased risk for another one. Ec-topic pregnancy is a leading cause of infertility.
4. Incorrect. Once invariably fatal, GTN is now the most curable gynecologic malignancy.
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