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ANS: D qz
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2. Family-centered maternity care developed in response to qz qz qz qz qz qz
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c. parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them rather than in
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ANS: C qz
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infant contact, parents began to insist that the infant remain with them. This gradually devel
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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
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OBJ:Integrated Process: Teaching-
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PTS:1 DIF: qz Cognitive Level: Remembering qz qz
OBJ:Nursing Process: Planning MSC:Client Needs: Health Promotion and
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4. The maternity nurse should have a clear understanding of the correct use of a clinica
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c. set specific time lines for sequencing interventions.
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ANS: C qz
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lect interdisciplinary care. They can be used in multiple settings and for patients throughout
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the nursing process to provide care to patients.
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PTS:1 DIF: qz Cognitive Level: Remembering qz qz
OBJ:Nursing Process: Planning MSC:Client Needs: Safe and Effective Ca
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re Environment
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d this nurse most likely participate in?
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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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ANS: D qz
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PTS:1 DIF: qz
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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 qz
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ason to avoid health care is most likely to seek prenatal care. Being in denial about the pre
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gnancy increases the risk of not seeking care. This patient is also 15, and other social factor
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s may discourage her from seeking care as well. Women who abuse substances are less likely
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to receive prenatal care. Some women see pregnancy and delivery as a natural occurrence
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and 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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nurse administers an analgesic but does not perform any assessments. The woman then has
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a tonic-
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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 qz
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ocess and is a standard of care. By not assessing the patient, the nurse did not meet establis
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hed standards of care, and thus is guilty of professional negligence, or malpractice.
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H VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSW
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ANS: D qz
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parents and their infants. qz qz qz
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2. Family-centered maternity care developed in response to qz qz qz qz qz qz
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d this nurse most likely participate in?
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6. Which statement is true regarding the ―quality assurance‖ or ―incident‖ report?
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ANS: D qz
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7. Which woman would be most likely to seek prenatal care?
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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 qz
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 pre
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gnancy increases the risk of not seeking care. This patient is also 15, and other social factor
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s may discourage her from seeking care as well. Women who abuse substances are less likely
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to receive prenatal care. Some women see pregnancy and delivery as a natural occurrence
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and 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 nu
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rse be interpreted in relation to standards of care?
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a. Negligent: the nurse failed to assess the woman for possible complicationsqz qz qz qz qz qz qz qz qz qz
b. Negligent: because the nurse medicated the woman qz qz qz qz qz qz
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 qz
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 pr
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ocess and is a standard of care. By not assessing the patient, the nurse did not meet establis
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hed standards of care, and thus is guilty of professional negligence, or malpractice.
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PTS:1 DIF: qz Cognitive Level: Remembering qz qz
OBJ:Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC:Client Needs: Safe and Effective Ca
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re 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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