A female patient has had two pregnancies.The first pregnancy produced a healthy baby girl.The second pregnancy produced a set of twins,a boy and a girl.How should the nurse document this history?

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Obstetrical history is documented using abbreviations of Latin words: G is the number of pregnancies (from the Latin word gravida); P is births,whether alive or stillborn (regardless of number of fetuses)after 20 weeks gestation (from the Latin word para).Roman numerals follow the letter to specify the number of each.B.Para does not identify the number of children born.C.The patient was not pregnant three times.D.There is no reason to split the number of live births.

A Female Patient Has Had Two Pregnancies