Learning Objectives
- Understand why people seek abortion care later in pregnancy
- Describe general factors associated with abortion pain and options for pain control
- Understand the options for medical and surgical abortion
- Recognize that medication abortion and uterine aspiration are safe and highly acceptable to patients
- Describe how medication abortion works
- Understand the basics of how uterine aspiration, induction termination, and D&E are performed
- Consider the role of the Advanced Practice Nurse in providing abortion care services
- Develop skills in providing options counseling for pregnant persons considering abortion