DAVIS ADVANTAGE FOR PEDIATRIC NURSING:
CHAPTER 20 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 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
CHAPTER 20 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ 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
