TEST BANK FOR PMHNP BOARDS PREMIUM
COLLECTION OF SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ 2. Tobacco use during pregnancy is associated with adverse effects
on the unborn infant, such as intrauterine growth restriction, preterm
births, and respiratory problems. By race, which has the highest
percentage of smokers?
a. American Indian and Alaskan Natives
b. Asian or Pacific Islanders
c. Non-Hispanic blacks
d. Non-Hispanic whites. Answer: ANS: a
◉ 3. Which of the following women is at the highest risk for health
disparity?
a. A white, middle-class, 16-year-old woman
b. An African American, middle-class, 25-year-old woman
c. An African American, upper-middle-class, 19-year-old woman
d. An Asian, low-income, 30-year-old woman. Answer: ANS: d
◉ 4. A neonate born at 36 weeks gestation is classified as which of
the following?
a. Very premature
,b. Moderately premature
c. Late premature
d. Term. Answer: ANS: c
◉ 5. The perinatal nurse explains to the student nurse that a goal of
the Healthy People 2020 report is to:
a. Increase proportion of infants who are breastfed to 93.1%.
b. Increase proportion of infants who are breastfed to 90.7%.
c. Increase proportion of infants who are breastfed to 85.6%.
d. Increase proportion of infants who are breastfed to 83.9%.. Answer:
ANS: d
◉ 6. The perinatal nurse explains to the student nurse that
__________ is the leading cause of infant death in the United States.
a. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
b. Respiratory distress of newborns
c. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight
d. Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities.
Answer: ANS: d
◉ 7. Which of the following statements are true related to teen
pregnancies? (Select all that apply.)
a. Teen mothers are at higher risk for HIV.
b. Teen mothers are at higher risk for hypertensive problems.
,c. The birth rate for teenaged women has increased in the past 15
years.
d. Infants born to teen mothers are at higher risk for health problems..
Answer: ANS: a, b, d
◉ An ethical dilemma unique to perinatal nursing is the:
a. Innate conflict between maternal and fetal rights
b. Intensive use of technology
c. Shortage of health-care resources
d. Risk of violation of the principle of veracity. Answer: ANS: a
◉ The American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses
directs nurses to provide patient care that is:
a. Curative
b. Utilitarian
c. Negotiable
d. Respectful. Answer: ANS: d
◉ Evidence-based practice is the integration of the best:
a. Randomized clinical trials, clinical expertise, and patients requests
b. Research evidence, clinical expertise, and patients values
c. Quantitative research, clinical expertise, and patients preferences
d. Research findings, clinical experience, and patients preferences.
Answer: ANS: b
, ◉ Infants whose mothers were obese during pregnancy are at higher
risk for which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
a. Childhood diabetes
b. Heart defects
c. Hypospadias
d. Respiratory distress. Answer: ANS: a, b, c
◉ The color of a person's hair is an example of which of the
following?
a. Genome
b. Sex-link inheritance
c. Genotype
d. Phenotype. Answer: ANS: d
◉ Which of the following statements by a pregnant woman indicates
she needs additional teaching on ways to reduce risks to her unborn
child from the potential effects of exposure to toxoplasmosis?
a. I will avoid rare lamb.
b. I will wear a mask when cleaning my cats litter box.
c. I understand that exposure to toxoplasmosis can cause blindness in
the baby.
d. I will avoid rare beef.. Answer: ANS: b
◉ 3. The fetal circulatory structure that connects the pulmonary artery
with the descending aorta is known as which of the following?
COLLECTION OF SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ 2. Tobacco use during pregnancy is associated with adverse effects
on the unborn infant, such as intrauterine growth restriction, preterm
births, and respiratory problems. By race, which has the highest
percentage of smokers?
a. American Indian and Alaskan Natives
b. Asian or Pacific Islanders
c. Non-Hispanic blacks
d. Non-Hispanic whites. Answer: ANS: a
◉ 3. Which of the following women is at the highest risk for health
disparity?
a. A white, middle-class, 16-year-old woman
b. An African American, middle-class, 25-year-old woman
c. An African American, upper-middle-class, 19-year-old woman
d. An Asian, low-income, 30-year-old woman. Answer: ANS: d
◉ 4. A neonate born at 36 weeks gestation is classified as which of
the following?
a. Very premature
,b. Moderately premature
c. Late premature
d. Term. Answer: ANS: c
◉ 5. The perinatal nurse explains to the student nurse that a goal of
the Healthy People 2020 report is to:
a. Increase proportion of infants who are breastfed to 93.1%.
b. Increase proportion of infants who are breastfed to 90.7%.
c. Increase proportion of infants who are breastfed to 85.6%.
d. Increase proportion of infants who are breastfed to 83.9%.. Answer:
ANS: d
◉ 6. The perinatal nurse explains to the student nurse that
__________ is the leading cause of infant death in the United States.
a. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
b. Respiratory distress of newborns
c. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight
d. Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities.
Answer: ANS: d
◉ 7. Which of the following statements are true related to teen
pregnancies? (Select all that apply.)
a. Teen mothers are at higher risk for HIV.
b. Teen mothers are at higher risk for hypertensive problems.
,c. The birth rate for teenaged women has increased in the past 15
years.
d. Infants born to teen mothers are at higher risk for health problems..
Answer: ANS: a, b, d
◉ An ethical dilemma unique to perinatal nursing is the:
a. Innate conflict between maternal and fetal rights
b. Intensive use of technology
c. Shortage of health-care resources
d. Risk of violation of the principle of veracity. Answer: ANS: a
◉ The American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses
directs nurses to provide patient care that is:
a. Curative
b. Utilitarian
c. Negotiable
d. Respectful. Answer: ANS: d
◉ Evidence-based practice is the integration of the best:
a. Randomized clinical trials, clinical expertise, and patients requests
b. Research evidence, clinical expertise, and patients values
c. Quantitative research, clinical expertise, and patients preferences
d. Research findings, clinical experience, and patients preferences.
Answer: ANS: b
, ◉ Infants whose mothers were obese during pregnancy are at higher
risk for which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
a. Childhood diabetes
b. Heart defects
c. Hypospadias
d. Respiratory distress. Answer: ANS: a, b, c
◉ The color of a person's hair is an example of which of the
following?
a. Genome
b. Sex-link inheritance
c. Genotype
d. Phenotype. Answer: ANS: d
◉ Which of the following statements by a pregnant woman indicates
she needs additional teaching on ways to reduce risks to her unborn
child from the potential effects of exposure to toxoplasmosis?
a. I will avoid rare lamb.
b. I will wear a mask when cleaning my cats litter box.
c. I understand that exposure to toxoplasmosis can cause blindness in
the baby.
d. I will avoid rare beef.. Answer: ANS: b
◉ 3. The fetal circulatory structure that connects the pulmonary artery
with the descending aorta is known as which of the following?
