Question

The client at 16 weeks gestation reports to the nurse that she has vaginal spotting, no passage of fetal tissue, and mild uterine cramping. On examination, the client's cervix is closed. The nurses prepares to perform implementations for which potential problem

Answer 1

A threatened abortion is the potential problem.

What is threatened abortion?

The term "abortion" refers to the termination of a pregnancy before to 20 weeks of gestation. A threatening, inevitable, incomplete, full, septic, or missed abortion is one of the various forms of spontaneous abortion.

A threatened abortion is described by vaginal bleeding before 20 weeks of gestation in the presence of a positive urine and/or blood pregnancy test with a closed cervical os, without passage of sperm or eggs, and without signs of fetal or embryonic death.

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines a threatened abortion as open bleeding or pregnancy-related bloody vaginal discharge that occurs during the first half of the pregnancy without cervical dilatation.

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