Maternal and Child Health Nursing Exam
Questions and Answers(RATED A)
Health Setting Magnet Status - ANSWER-A rigorous set of criteria designed to improve
the strength and quality of nursing care
Transformational leadership - ANSWER-The ability of nurses in the designated
organization to convert their organization's values, beliefs, and behaviors in order to
create a high professional level of nursing care
Structural empowerment - ANSWER-The ability to provide an innovative environment
where strong professional practice can flourish with regard to the hospital's mission,
vision, and values
Exemplary professional practice - ANSWER-The setting demonstrates a comprehensive
understanding of the role of nursing; the application of that role with patients, families,
communities, and the interdisciplinary team is clear, so new knowledge and evidence
can be applied to nursing care
New knowledge, innovation, and improvements - ANSWER-The organization
demonstrates strong nursing leadership, empowered professionals, and exemplary
practice while contributing to patient care
Empirical quality results - ANSWER-The hospital demonstrates solid structure and
processes where strong professional practice can flourish and where the mission,
vision, and values come to life as the organization achieves the outcomes believed to
be important for the organization
Calistra Roy's - ANSWER-An important role of the nurse is to help patients adapt to
change caused by illness or other stressors (who's theory is this?)
Dorothea Orem's - ANSWER-who's theory concentrates on examining patients' ability to
perform self-care?
, Patricia Benner's - ANSWER-Her theory describes the way nurses move from novice to
expert as they become more experienced and prepared to give interprofessional care
Health promotion - ANSWER-What phase of health care involves teaching women the
importance of rubella immunization before pregnancy; teaching adolescents the
importance of safer sex practices
Health maintenance - ANSWER-This phase of health care encourages women to be
partners in prenatal care; teaching parents the importance of safeguarding their home
by childproofing against poisoning
Health restoration - ANSWER-This phase of health care involves caring for a woman
during a complication of pregnancy such as gestational diabetes or a child during an
acute illness such as pneumonia
Health rehabilitation - ANSWER-This phase of health care encourages a woman with
gestational trophoblastic disease (abnormal placenta growth) to continue therapy or a
child with a renal transplant to continue to take necessary medications
Evidence-based practice - ANSWER-The conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of
current best evidence in making decisions about the care of patients
Infant mortality rate - ANSWER-The number of deaths per 1,000 live births occurring at
birth or in the first 12 months of life
Childhood mortality rate - ANSWER-The number of deaths per 1,000 population in
children aged 1 to 14 years
Maternal mortality rate - ANSWER-The number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live
births that occur as a direct result of the reproductive process
Perinatal death rate - ANSWER-The number of deaths during the perinatal time period
(beginning when a fetus reaches 500 g, about week 20 of pregnancy, and ending about
4 to 6 weeks after birth); it is the sum of the fetal and neonatal rates.
Questions and Answers(RATED A)
Health Setting Magnet Status - ANSWER-A rigorous set of criteria designed to improve
the strength and quality of nursing care
Transformational leadership - ANSWER-The ability of nurses in the designated
organization to convert their organization's values, beliefs, and behaviors in order to
create a high professional level of nursing care
Structural empowerment - ANSWER-The ability to provide an innovative environment
where strong professional practice can flourish with regard to the hospital's mission,
vision, and values
Exemplary professional practice - ANSWER-The setting demonstrates a comprehensive
understanding of the role of nursing; the application of that role with patients, families,
communities, and the interdisciplinary team is clear, so new knowledge and evidence
can be applied to nursing care
New knowledge, innovation, and improvements - ANSWER-The organization
demonstrates strong nursing leadership, empowered professionals, and exemplary
practice while contributing to patient care
Empirical quality results - ANSWER-The hospital demonstrates solid structure and
processes where strong professional practice can flourish and where the mission,
vision, and values come to life as the organization achieves the outcomes believed to
be important for the organization
Calistra Roy's - ANSWER-An important role of the nurse is to help patients adapt to
change caused by illness or other stressors (who's theory is this?)
Dorothea Orem's - ANSWER-who's theory concentrates on examining patients' ability to
perform self-care?
, Patricia Benner's - ANSWER-Her theory describes the way nurses move from novice to
expert as they become more experienced and prepared to give interprofessional care
Health promotion - ANSWER-What phase of health care involves teaching women the
importance of rubella immunization before pregnancy; teaching adolescents the
importance of safer sex practices
Health maintenance - ANSWER-This phase of health care encourages women to be
partners in prenatal care; teaching parents the importance of safeguarding their home
by childproofing against poisoning
Health restoration - ANSWER-This phase of health care involves caring for a woman
during a complication of pregnancy such as gestational diabetes or a child during an
acute illness such as pneumonia
Health rehabilitation - ANSWER-This phase of health care encourages a woman with
gestational trophoblastic disease (abnormal placenta growth) to continue therapy or a
child with a renal transplant to continue to take necessary medications
Evidence-based practice - ANSWER-The conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of
current best evidence in making decisions about the care of patients
Infant mortality rate - ANSWER-The number of deaths per 1,000 live births occurring at
birth or in the first 12 months of life
Childhood mortality rate - ANSWER-The number of deaths per 1,000 population in
children aged 1 to 14 years
Maternal mortality rate - ANSWER-The number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live
births that occur as a direct result of the reproductive process
Perinatal death rate - ANSWER-The number of deaths during the perinatal time period
(beginning when a fetus reaches 500 g, about week 20 of pregnancy, and ending about
4 to 6 weeks after birth); it is the sum of the fetal and neonatal rates.
