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The nurse should be aware that a statistic widely used to compare the
health status of different populations is the:
a. Incidence of specific infections, such as acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS) and tuberculosis
b. Infant mortality rate
c. Maternal morbidity rate
d. Incidence of low-birth-weight (LBW) infants - Correct Answerb. City,
county, and state health departments provide annual reports of births
and deaths. Maternal and infant death rates are particularly important
because they reflect health outcomes that may be preventable. Infant
mortality continues to be a concern in all populations.
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,Alternative and complementary therapies:
a. Replace conventional Western modalities of treatment
b. Are used by only a small number of American adults
c. Allow for more client autonomy
d. Focus primarily on the disease an individual is experiencing - Correct
Answerc.
Contemporary maternity nursing is exemplified by:
a. The use of midwives for all vaginal deliveries
b. Family-centered care
c. Free-standing birth clinics
d. Physician-driven care - Correct Answerb
The nurses working at a newly established birthing center have begun
to compare their performance in providing maternal-newborn care
against clinical standards. This comparison process, designed to
improve the quality of client care, is called:
a. Best practices network
b. Clinical benchmarking
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,c. Outcomes-oriented care
d. Evidence-based practice - Correct Answerc
A 38-year-old Hispanic woman delivered a 9-lb, 6-oz baby girl vaginally
after being in labor for 43 hours. The baby died 3 days later from sepsis.
On what grounds could the woman have a legitimate legal case for
negligence?
a. She is Hispanic.
b. She delivered a girl.
c. If the standards of care were not met.
d. She refused fetal monitoring. - Correct Answerc
The National Quality Forum has issued a list of never events pertaining
specifically to maternal and child health. These include all except:
a. Infant discharged to the wrong person
b. Kernicterus associated with failure to identify and treat
hyperbilirubinemia
c. Artificial insemination with wrong donor sperm or egg
d. Foreign object retained after surgery - Correct Answerd
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, An important development that concerns maternity nursing is
integrative health care, which:
a. Seeks to provide the same health care for all racial and ethnic groups
b. Blends complementary and alternative therapies with conventional
Western treatment
c. Focuses on the disease or condition rather than the clients
background
d. Has been mandated by Congress - Correct Answerb
A nurse caring for a pregnant client should be aware that the U.S. birth
rate shows what trend?
a. Births to unmarried women are more likely to have less favorable
outcomes.
b. Birth rates for women 40 to 44 years of age are declining.
c. Cigarette smoking among pregnant women continues to increase.
d. The rates of pregnancy and abortion among teens are lower in the
United States than in any other industrialized country. - Correct
Answera
The high cost of health care in the United States is most likely a result
of:
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Exam Complete Verified Questions And
Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Rationales)
|Already Graded A+
The nurse should be aware that a statistic widely used to compare the
health status of different populations is the:
a. Incidence of specific infections, such as acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS) and tuberculosis
b. Infant mortality rate
c. Maternal morbidity rate
d. Incidence of low-birth-weight (LBW) infants - Correct Answerb. City,
county, and state health departments provide annual reports of births
and deaths. Maternal and infant death rates are particularly important
because they reflect health outcomes that may be preventable. Infant
mortality continues to be a concern in all populations.
Page 1 of 135
,Alternative and complementary therapies:
a. Replace conventional Western modalities of treatment
b. Are used by only a small number of American adults
c. Allow for more client autonomy
d. Focus primarily on the disease an individual is experiencing - Correct
Answerc.
Contemporary maternity nursing is exemplified by:
a. The use of midwives for all vaginal deliveries
b. Family-centered care
c. Free-standing birth clinics
d. Physician-driven care - Correct Answerb
The nurses working at a newly established birthing center have begun
to compare their performance in providing maternal-newborn care
against clinical standards. This comparison process, designed to
improve the quality of client care, is called:
a. Best practices network
b. Clinical benchmarking
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,c. Outcomes-oriented care
d. Evidence-based practice - Correct Answerc
A 38-year-old Hispanic woman delivered a 9-lb, 6-oz baby girl vaginally
after being in labor for 43 hours. The baby died 3 days later from sepsis.
On what grounds could the woman have a legitimate legal case for
negligence?
a. She is Hispanic.
b. She delivered a girl.
c. If the standards of care were not met.
d. She refused fetal monitoring. - Correct Answerc
The National Quality Forum has issued a list of never events pertaining
specifically to maternal and child health. These include all except:
a. Infant discharged to the wrong person
b. Kernicterus associated with failure to identify and treat
hyperbilirubinemia
c. Artificial insemination with wrong donor sperm or egg
d. Foreign object retained after surgery - Correct Answerd
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, An important development that concerns maternity nursing is
integrative health care, which:
a. Seeks to provide the same health care for all racial and ethnic groups
b. Blends complementary and alternative therapies with conventional
Western treatment
c. Focuses on the disease or condition rather than the clients
background
d. Has been mandated by Congress - Correct Answerb
A nurse caring for a pregnant client should be aware that the U.S. birth
rate shows what trend?
a. Births to unmarried women are more likely to have less favorable
outcomes.
b. Birth rates for women 40 to 44 years of age are declining.
c. Cigarette smoking among pregnant women continues to increase.
d. The rates of pregnancy and abortion among teens are lower in the
United States than in any other industrialized country. - Correct
Answera
The high cost of health care in the United States is most likely a result
of:
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