Test Bank For Introductory maternity and pediatric nursing
4th edition hatfield
Chapter 1: The Nurse's Role in a Changing Maternal–Child Health Care
Environment
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which principle of teaching should the nurse use to ensure learning in a
family situation?
a. Motivate the family with praise and positive feedback.
b. Learning is best accomplished with the lecture format.
c. Present complex subject material first while the family is alert and ready to
learn.
d. Families should be taught using medical jargon so they will be
able to understand the technical language used by physicians.
ANS: A
Praise and positive feedback are particularly important when a family is
trying to master a frustrating task such as breastfeeding. A lively discussion
stimulates more learning than a straight lecture, which tends to inhibit
questions. Learning is enhanced when the teaching is structured to present
the simple tasks before the complex material. Even though a family may
understand English fairly well, they may not understand the medical
terminology or slang terms that are used.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 18, 19
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and
Maintenance
2. Which nursing intervention is an independent function of the nurse?
a. Administering oral analgesics
b. Requesting diagnostic studies
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c. Teaching the client perineal care
d. Providing wound care to a surgical incision
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ANS: C
Nurses are now responsible for various independent functions, including
teaching, counseling, and intervening in nonmedical problems. Interventions
initiated by the physician and carried out by the nurse are called dependent
functions. Administrating oral analgesics is a dependent function; it is
initiated by a physician and carried out by a nurse. Requesting diagnostic
studies is a dependent function. Providing wound care is a dependent function;
it is usually initiated by the physician through direct orders or protocol.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding
REF: 24 OBJ: Nursing Process Step:
Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. Which most therapeutic response to the clients statement, Im afraid to
have a cesarean birth should be made by the nurse?
a. Everything will be OK.
b. Dont worry about it. It will be over soon.
c. What concerns you most about a cesarean birth?
d. The physician will be in later and you can talk to him.
ANS: C
The response, What concerns you most about a cesarean birth focuses on
what the client is saying and asks for clarification, which is the most
therapeutic response. The response, Everything will be ok is belittling the
clients feelings. The response, Dont worry about it. It will be over soon will
indicate that the clients feelings are not important. The response, The
physician will be in later and you can talk to him does not allow the client to
verbalize her feelings when she wishes to do that.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
REF: 18 OBJ: Nursing Process Step:
Implementation