A woman who is 10 weeks pregnant is being counseled by the nurse regarding her upcoming elective abortion. What information should the nurse provide?
A.
"A local anesthetic will be injected into your vagina."
B.
"The exact name of the procedure is dilation and extraction."
C.
"They may use a seaweed product to dilate your cervix."
D.
"You won't need to have any cervical dilation at all."
ANS: C
Vacuum aspiration is the most common method for surgical abortion for pregnancies up to 12 weeks' gestation. After 7 weeks, cervical dilation is often accomplished with laminaria, a dried seaweed product. For a pregnancy that is 5-7 weeks' gestation, no dilation is needed. A local anesthetic is injected into the cervix in women who are between 8 and 12 weeks' gestation because of the need for mechanical dilation. A dilation and extraction is the term for abortions performed during the second trimester.
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