Question

The nurse is preparing to assess a client visiting the women's health clinic. the client's obstetric history is documented as g5t1p2a1l2. which interpretation of this notation is correct?

A) The client has been pregnant 5 times, delivered 1 living child, has 2 living children, and experienced 2 miscarriages.
B) The client is currently pregnant with her 5th child, has had 1 previous pregnancy, 2 living children, and 2 miscarriages.
C) The client has had 5 pregnancies, 1 live birth, 2 abortions, and 2 terminations.
D) The client is a grandparent with 5 grandchildren, 1 child, 2 adult children, and 2 deceased children.

Answer 1

The notation G5T1P2A1L2 indicates that the client has been pregnant 5 times, has had one full term pregnancy, two preterm births, one abortion or miscarriage and has two living children.

Step-by-step explanation:

The client's obstetric history is denoted as G5T1P2A1L2. The notation used is part of the GPAL system, which terms denote the following: G for gravida (number of pregnancies), T for term births (born after the 37th week), P for preterm births (born before the 37th week), A for abortions (either medically indicated or miscarriages), and L for living children.

So, interpreting the notation for this client means that she has been pregnant 5 times (G5), had one full term pregnancy (T1), two preterm births (P2), experienced one abortion or miscarriage (A1), and has two living children (L2). Therefore, the correct interpretation is not given in options A, B, D but is close to option C, with the only difference being that the '2 abortions' actually refer to '2 preterm births'.

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