NR 327 MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING EXAM 1
2026 STUDY BUNDLE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE SOLVED QUESTION SET
◉ First Trimester visit. Answer: Should be done within the first 12 week
◉ Doula. Answer: A caregiver who provides continuous physical,
emotional, and educational support for the mother before, during, and
after childbirth.
Cannot administer medication, monitor baby, monitor labor, deliver
baby, input on medical decisions
- be welcoming and support clients' choices
◉ Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM). Answer: Health care professional
trained to handle low-risk deliveries, with obstetrical backup should
complications arise
Can perform Vaginal deliveries
◉ Nurse Practitioner (NP). Answer: -prenatal and newborn care
-does not perform deliveries
,◉ lactation consultant. Answer: A breast-feeding specialist who shows
breast-feeding mothers how to stimulate adequate milk flow and how to
position babies properly so they can nurse
◉ birth centers. Answer: Facilities typically established in or near
conventional labor wards for the care of pregnant women who require
little or no medical intervention during labor and birth.
◉ Family centered care. Answer: Childbirth a normal healthy event
childbirth affects entire family
family makes decision about care
family and other support
◉ Race and access to care. Answer: African American, native
American/American Indian, and Alaskan native women are more likely
to die from pregnancy-related causes than Caucasian women
history of systemic racism and discrimination in the US, lack of health
care, bias and racism in the medical field
◉ Teen pregnancy. Answer: Pregnant teenagers are less likely to receive
early prenatal care. They are more likely to drop out of school and to
live in poverty than are older pregnant women. The birth rate for
teenagers aged 15 to 19 years dropped 9% from 2013, to 24.2%, a
historic low for the United States.
, ◉ therapeutic communication during pregnancy. Answer: be purposeful,
goal directed, and focused
be aware of blocks to communication: dont ask why
◉ nuclear family. Answer: Mother, father and children living as a unit
Most common
◉ extended family. Answer: a family that extends beyond the nuclear
family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who
all live nearby or in one household.
◉ single-parent family. Answer: a family in which only one parent is
present to care for the children
◉ Characteristic of a functional family. Answer: communicate openly
flexible in role assignments
agree on basic principles of parenting
resiliency and adaptability
◉ Factors the interfere with family function. Answer: lack of financial
resources
2026 STUDY BUNDLE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE SOLVED QUESTION SET
◉ First Trimester visit. Answer: Should be done within the first 12 week
◉ Doula. Answer: A caregiver who provides continuous physical,
emotional, and educational support for the mother before, during, and
after childbirth.
Cannot administer medication, monitor baby, monitor labor, deliver
baby, input on medical decisions
- be welcoming and support clients' choices
◉ Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM). Answer: Health care professional
trained to handle low-risk deliveries, with obstetrical backup should
complications arise
Can perform Vaginal deliveries
◉ Nurse Practitioner (NP). Answer: -prenatal and newborn care
-does not perform deliveries
,◉ lactation consultant. Answer: A breast-feeding specialist who shows
breast-feeding mothers how to stimulate adequate milk flow and how to
position babies properly so they can nurse
◉ birth centers. Answer: Facilities typically established in or near
conventional labor wards for the care of pregnant women who require
little or no medical intervention during labor and birth.
◉ Family centered care. Answer: Childbirth a normal healthy event
childbirth affects entire family
family makes decision about care
family and other support
◉ Race and access to care. Answer: African American, native
American/American Indian, and Alaskan native women are more likely
to die from pregnancy-related causes than Caucasian women
history of systemic racism and discrimination in the US, lack of health
care, bias and racism in the medical field
◉ Teen pregnancy. Answer: Pregnant teenagers are less likely to receive
early prenatal care. They are more likely to drop out of school and to
live in poverty than are older pregnant women. The birth rate for
teenagers aged 15 to 19 years dropped 9% from 2013, to 24.2%, a
historic low for the United States.
, ◉ therapeutic communication during pregnancy. Answer: be purposeful,
goal directed, and focused
be aware of blocks to communication: dont ask why
◉ nuclear family. Answer: Mother, father and children living as a unit
Most common
◉ extended family. Answer: a family that extends beyond the nuclear
family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who
all live nearby or in one household.
◉ single-parent family. Answer: a family in which only one parent is
present to care for the children
◉ Characteristic of a functional family. Answer: communicate openly
flexible in role assignments
agree on basic principles of parenting
resiliency and adaptability
◉ Factors the interfere with family function. Answer: lack of financial
resources
