The birthing center nurse is assisting with pain management for a laboring woman at 18 weeks' gestation.The fetus is born and the weight is 450 gm.The nurse would document this birth as which of the following?
A) Abortion
B) Fetal loss
C) Neonatal death
D) Stillbirth

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The loss of a fetus before 20 to 22 weeks of gestation is referred to as an abortion because the fetus is considered too immature to survive outside the uterus.Fetal loss and neonatal death are not medical terms.Stillbirth is the intrauterine death of a fetus old enough to survive outside the womb.

The Birthing Center Nurse Is Assisting with Pain Management for a Laboring