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H VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSW
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Test Bank Complete For
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,Chapter 01: Foundations of Maternity, Women’s Health, and Child Health Nursing Mc
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Kinney: Evolve Resources for Maternal-Child Nursing, 6th Edition
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e early 20th century?
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a. Puerperal sepsis was identified as a risk factor in labor and delivery.
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b. Forceps were developed to facilitate difficult births. qs qs qs qs qs qs
c. The importance of early parental-infant contact was identified.
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d. Technologic developments became available to physicians. qs qs qs qs qs
ANS: D qs
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hospital births increased in order to take advantage of these advancements. Puerperal sepsis h
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as been a known problem for generations. In the late 19th century, Semmelweis discovered ho
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w it could be prevented with improved hygienic practices. The development of forceps is an
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example of a technology advance made in the early 20th century but is not the only reason
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birthplaces moved. Unlike home births, early hospital births hindered bonding between pare
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nts and their infants.
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PTS:1 DIF: qs
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2. Family-centered maternity care developed in response to qs qs qs qs qs qs
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a nursery. qs
d. changes in pharmacologic management of labor. qs qs qs qs qs
ANS: C qs
As research began to identify the benefits of early extended parent-
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infant contact, parents began to insist that the infant remain with them. This gradually devel
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oped into the practice of rooming-in and finally to family-centered maternity care. Family-
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centered care was a request by parents, not physicians. The Sheppard-
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Towner Act of 1921 provided funds for qs qs qs qs qs qs
state-
managed programs for mothers and children. The changes in pharmacologic management of
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labor were not a factor in family-centered maternity care.
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Learning MSC:Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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3. Which setting for childbirth allows the least amount of parent-infant contact?
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a. Labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum room q s
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, and the infant is cared for in a separate nursery. While this is slowly changing, to more close
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ly resemble other birthing models, the traditional hospital birth still offers the least amount
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of parent-
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infant contact. The labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum room setting allows increased parent-
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infant contact. Birth centers are set up to allow an increase in parent-infant contact.
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Home births allow an increase in parent-infant contact.
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PTS:1 DIF: qs Cognitive Level: Remembering qs qs
OBJ:Nursing Process: Planning MSC:Client Needs: Health Promotion and
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Maintenance
4. The maternity nurse should have a clear understanding of the correct use of a clinica
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l pathway. One characteristic of clinical pathways is that they
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a. are developed and implemented by nurses.
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b. are used primarily in the pediatric setting.
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c. set specific time lines for sequencing interventions.
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d. are part of the nursing process.
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ANS: C qs
Clinical pathways are standardized, interdisciplinary plans of care devised for patients with a
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particular health problem. They are used to identify patient outcomes, specify timelines to a
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chieve those outcomes, direct appropriate interventions and sequencing of interventions, incl
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ude interventions from a variety of disciplines, promote collaboration, and involve a compre
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hensive approach to care. They are developed by multiple health care professionals and refl
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ect interdisciplinary care. They can be used in multiple settings and for patients throughout t
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he life span. They are not part of the nursing process but can be used in conjunction with th
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e nursing process to provide care to patients.
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PTS:1 DIF: qs Cognitive Level: Remembering qs qs
OBJ:Nursing Process: Planning MSC:Client Needs: Safe and Effective Car
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e Environment
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5. A nurse wishes to work to reduce infant mortality in the United States. Which activity woul
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d this nurse most likely participate in?
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a. Creating pamphlets in several different languages using an interpreter.
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b. Assisting women to enroll in Medicaid by their third trimester. qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs
c. Volunteering to provide prenatal care at community centers. qs qs qs qs qs qs qs
d. Working as an intake counselor at a women‘s shelter. qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs
ANS: C qs
Prenatal care is vital to reducing infant mortality and medical costs. This nurse would most
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likely participate in community service providing prenatal care outreach activities in commu
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nity centers, particularly in low-
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income areas. Pamphlets in other languages, enrolling in Medicaid, and working at a women
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‘s shelter all might impact infant mortality, but the greatest effect would be from assisting w
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omen to get consistent prenatal care.
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PTS:1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying
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OBJ:Nursing Process: Implementation MSC:Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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6. Which statement is true regarding the ―quality assurance‖ or ―incident‖ report?
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a. The report assures the legal department that no problem exists.
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b. Reports are a permanent part of the patient‘s chart. qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs
, c. The nurse‘s notes should contain, ―Incident report filed, and copy placed in chart.‖
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d. This report is a form of documentation of an event that may result in legal action.
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ANS: D qs
An incident report is used when something occurs that might result in legal action, such as a
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patient fall or medication error. It warns the legal department that there may be a problem in
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a particular patient‘s care. Incident reports are not part of the patient‘s chart; thus the nurses
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‘ notes should not contain any reference to them.
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PTS:1 DIF: qs
Cognitive Level: Remembering OBJ: qs qs qs
Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation MS qs qs qs qs qs
C:Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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7. Which woman would be most likely to seek prenatal care?
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a. A 15-year-old who tells her friends, ―I don‘t believe I‘m pregnant.‖
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b. A 20-year-old who is in her first pregnancy and has access to a free prenatal clinic.
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c. A 28-year-old who is in her second pregnancy and abuses drugs and alcohol.
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d. A 30-year-old who is in her fifth pregnancy and delivered her last infant at home.
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ANS: B qs
The patient who acknowledges the pregnancy early, has access to health care, and has no re
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ason to avoid health care is most likely to seek prenatal care. Being in denial about the preg
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nancy increases the risk of not seeking care. This patient is also 15, and other social factors
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may discourage her from seeking care as well. Women who abuse substances are less likely t
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o receive prenatal care. Some women see pregnancy and delivery as a natural occurrence an
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d do not seek health care.
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PTS:1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding
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OBJ:Nursing Process: Assessment MSC:Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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8. A woman who delivered her baby 6 hours ago complains of headache and dizziness. The
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nurse administers an analgesic but does not perform any assessments. The woman then has
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a tonic-
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clonic seizure, falls out of bed, and fractures her femur. How would the actions of the nur
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se be interpreted in relation to standards of care?
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a. Negligent: the nurse failed to assess the woman for possible complications qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs
b. Negligent: because the nurse medicated the woman qs qs qs qs qs qs
c. Not negligent: the woman had signed a waiver concerning the use of side rails
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d. Not negligent: the woman did not inform the nurse of her symptoms as soon a
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ANS: A qs
There are four elements to malpractice, which is negligence in the performance of professi
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onal duties: duty, breach of duty, damage, and proximate cause. The nurse was negligent b
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ecause she or he did not perform any assessments, which is the first step of the nursing pro
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cess and is a standard of care. By not assessing the patient, the nurse did not meet establishe
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d standards of care, and thus is guilty of professional negligence, or malpractice.
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PTS:1 DIF: qs Cognitive Level: Remembering qs qs
OBJ:Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC:Client Needs: Safe and Effective Car
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e Environment
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9. Which patient situation fails to meet the first requirement of informed consent?
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a. The patient does not understand the physician‘s explanations.
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Child Nursing 6th Edition Chapter 1-
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55 Complete 2024: UPDATED 2025 WIT
qs qsqs qs qs qs
H VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSW
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ERS
Test Bank Complete For
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Maternal Child Nursing 6th Edition
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,Chapter 01: Foundations of Maternity, Women’s Health, and Child Health Nursing Mc
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Kinney: Evolve Resources for Maternal-Child Nursing, 6th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE qs
1. Which factor significantly contributed to the shift from home births to hospital births in th
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e early 20th century?
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a. Puerperal sepsis was identified as a risk factor in labor and delivery.
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b. Forceps were developed to facilitate difficult births. qs qs qs qs qs qs
c. The importance of early parental-infant contact was identified.
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d. Technologic developments became available to physicians. qs qs qs qs qs
ANS: D qs
Technologic developments were available to physicians, not lay midwives. So in-
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hospital births increased in order to take advantage of these advancements. Puerperal sepsis h
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as been a known problem for generations. In the late 19th century, Semmelweis discovered ho
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w it could be prevented with improved hygienic practices. The development of forceps is an
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example of a technology advance made in the early 20th century but is not the only reason
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birthplaces moved. Unlike home births, early hospital births hindered bonding between pare
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nts and their infants.
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PTS:1 DIF: qs
Cognitive Level: Remembering qs qs
OBJ:Integrated Process: Teaching-Learning
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MSC:Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment qs qs qs qs qs qs
2. Family-centered maternity care developed in response to qs qs qs qs qs qs
a. demands by physicians for family involvement in childbirth. qs qs qs qs qs qs qs
b. the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921.qs qs qs qs
c. parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them rather than in
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a nursery. qs
d. changes in pharmacologic management of labor. qs qs qs qs qs
ANS: C qs
As research began to identify the benefits of early extended parent-
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infant contact, parents began to insist that the infant remain with them. This gradually devel
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oped into the practice of rooming-in and finally to family-centered maternity care. Family-
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centered care was a request by parents, not physicians. The Sheppard-
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Towner Act of 1921 provided funds for qs qs qs qs qs qs
state-
managed programs for mothers and children. The changes in pharmacologic management of
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labor were not a factor in family-centered maternity care.
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PTS:1 DIF: qs
Cognitive Level: Remembering qs qs
OBJ:Integrated Process: Teaching-
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Learning MSC:Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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3. Which setting for childbirth allows the least amount of parent-infant contact?
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a. Labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum room q s
b. Birth center qs
c. Traditional hospital birth qs qs
d. Home birth qs
, ANS: C qs
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, and the infant is cared for in a separate nursery. While this is slowly changing, to more close
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ly resemble other birthing models, the traditional hospital birth still offers the least amount
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of parent-
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infant contact. The labor/delivery/recovery/postpartum room setting allows increased parent-
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infant contact. Birth centers are set up to allow an increase in parent-infant contact.
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Home births allow an increase in parent-infant contact.
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PTS:1 DIF: qs Cognitive Level: Remembering qs qs
OBJ:Nursing Process: Planning MSC:Client Needs: Health Promotion and
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Maintenance
4. The maternity nurse should have a clear understanding of the correct use of a clinica
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l pathway. One characteristic of clinical pathways is that they
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a. are developed and implemented by nurses.
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b. are used primarily in the pediatric setting.
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c. set specific time lines for sequencing interventions.
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d. are part of the nursing process.
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ANS: C qs
Clinical pathways are standardized, interdisciplinary plans of care devised for patients with a
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particular health problem. They are used to identify patient outcomes, specify timelines to a
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chieve those outcomes, direct appropriate interventions and sequencing of interventions, incl
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ude interventions from a variety of disciplines, promote collaboration, and involve a compre
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hensive approach to care. They are developed by multiple health care professionals and refl
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ect interdisciplinary care. They can be used in multiple settings and for patients throughout t
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he life span. They are not part of the nursing process but can be used in conjunction with th
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e nursing process to provide care to patients.
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PTS:1 DIF: qs Cognitive Level: Remembering qs qs
OBJ:Nursing Process: Planning MSC:Client Needs: Safe and Effective Car
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e Environment
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5. A nurse wishes to work to reduce infant mortality in the United States. Which activity woul
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d this nurse most likely participate in?
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a. Creating pamphlets in several different languages using an interpreter.
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b. Assisting women to enroll in Medicaid by their third trimester. qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs
c. Volunteering to provide prenatal care at community centers. qs qs qs qs qs qs qs
d. Working as an intake counselor at a women‘s shelter. qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs
ANS: C qs
Prenatal care is vital to reducing infant mortality and medical costs. This nurse would most
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likely participate in community service providing prenatal care outreach activities in commu
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nity centers, particularly in low-
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income areas. Pamphlets in other languages, enrolling in Medicaid, and working at a women
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‘s shelter all might impact infant mortality, but the greatest effect would be from assisting w
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omen to get consistent prenatal care.
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PTS:1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying
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OBJ:Nursing Process: Implementation MSC:Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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6. Which statement is true regarding the ―quality assurance‖ or ―incident‖ report?
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a. The report assures the legal department that no problem exists.
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b. Reports are a permanent part of the patient‘s chart. qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs
, c. The nurse‘s notes should contain, ―Incident report filed, and copy placed in chart.‖
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d. This report is a form of documentation of an event that may result in legal action.
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ANS: D qs
An incident report is used when something occurs that might result in legal action, such as a
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patient fall or medication error. It warns the legal department that there may be a problem in
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a particular patient‘s care. Incident reports are not part of the patient‘s chart; thus the nurses
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‘ notes should not contain any reference to them.
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PTS:1 DIF: qs
Cognitive Level: Remembering OBJ: qs qs qs
Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation MS qs qs qs qs qs
C:Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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7. Which woman would be most likely to seek prenatal care?
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a. A 15-year-old who tells her friends, ―I don‘t believe I‘m pregnant.‖
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b. A 20-year-old who is in her first pregnancy and has access to a free prenatal clinic.
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c. A 28-year-old who is in her second pregnancy and abuses drugs and alcohol.
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d. A 30-year-old who is in her fifth pregnancy and delivered her last infant at home.
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ANS: B qs
The patient who acknowledges the pregnancy early, has access to health care, and has no re
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ason to avoid health care is most likely to seek prenatal care. Being in denial about the preg
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nancy increases the risk of not seeking care. This patient is also 15, and other social factors
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may discourage her from seeking care as well. Women who abuse substances are less likely t
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o receive prenatal care. Some women see pregnancy and delivery as a natural occurrence an
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d do not seek health care.
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PTS:1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding
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OBJ:Nursing Process: Assessment MSC:Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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8. A woman who delivered her baby 6 hours ago complains of headache and dizziness. The
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nurse administers an analgesic but does not perform any assessments. The woman then has
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a tonic-
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clonic seizure, falls out of bed, and fractures her femur. How would the actions of the nur
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se be interpreted in relation to standards of care?
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a. Negligent: the nurse failed to assess the woman for possible complications qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs qs
b. Negligent: because the nurse medicated the woman qs qs qs qs qs qs
c. Not negligent: the woman had signed a waiver concerning the use of side rails
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d. Not negligent: the woman did not inform the nurse of her symptoms as soon a
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ANS: A qs
There are four elements to malpractice, which is negligence in the performance of professi
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onal duties: duty, breach of duty, damage, and proximate cause. The nurse was negligent b
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ecause she or he did not perform any assessments, which is the first step of the nursing pro
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cess and is a standard of care. By not assessing the patient, the nurse did not meet establishe
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d standards of care, and thus is guilty of professional negligence, or malpractice.
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PTS:1 DIF: qs Cognitive Level: Remembering qs qs
OBJ:Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC:Client Needs: Safe and Effective Car
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e Environment
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9. Which patient situation fails to meet the first requirement of informed consent?
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a. The patient does not understand the physician‘s explanations.
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