An LPN is caring for a woman whose obstetrical history is noted as GIV, PIII, AI. The nurse knows which of the following is true about the patient's history? (Select all that apply.)
a. The woman has been pregnant six times.
b. The woman had a spontaneous miscarriage.
c. The woman gave birth three times.
d. The woman has a set of triplets.
e. One pregnancy failed to result in a live birth.
f. All of the live infants were carried to full term.
ANS: C, E
Obstetrical history is documented using abbreviations of Latin words: G is the number of pregnancies (from the Latin word gravida); P is births, whether live or stillborn (regardless of number of fetuses) after 20 weeks' gestation (from the Latin word para); A stands for abortions, whether spontaneous or therapeutic (from the Latin word abortus; a spontaneous abortion is sometimes called a miscarriage). No information regarding length of term is included in this notation. This woman had four pregnancies—three births and one abortion. (It is not known if this was a miscarriage or a therapeutic abortion.)
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