questions and answers, 7th All Chapters 2024-
2025
When the nurse is unsure about how to perform a patient care procedure, the best
action would be to:
a. ask another nurse.
b. discuss the procedure with the patient's physician.
c. look up the procedure in a nursing textbook.
d. consult the agency's procedure manual and follow the guidelines for the procedure. -
D
While obtaining a detailed history from a woman who has recently emigrated from
Somalia, the nurse realizes that the patient has undergone female genital mutilation
(FGM). The nurse's best response to this patient is:
a. "this is a very abnormal practice and rarely seen in the United States."
b. "do you know who performed this so that it can be reported to the authorities?"
c. "we will be able to restore your circumcision fully after delivery."
d. "the extent of your circumcision will affect the potential for complications." - D
To ensure patient safety, the practicing nurse must have knowledge of the current Joint
Commission's "Do Not Use" list of abbreviations. Which of the following is acceptable
for use?
a. q.o.d. or Q.O.D.
b. MSO4 or MgSO4
c. International Unit
d. Lack of a leading zero - C
Healthy People 2020 has established national health priorities that focus on a number
of maternal-child health indicators. Nurses are assuming greater roles in assessing
family health and providing care across the perinatal continuum. Therefore, it is
important for the nurse to be aware that significant progress has been made in: a. the
reduction of fetal deaths and use of prenatal care.
b. low birth weight and preterm birth.
c. elimination of health disparities based on race.
d. infant mortality and the prevention of birth defects. - A
, Which interventions would help alleviate the problems associated with access to health
care for maternity patients? (Select all that apply.) a. Provide transportation to prenatal
visits.
b. Provide child care so that a pregnant woman may keep prenatal visits.
c. Mandate that physicians make house calls.
d. Provide low-cost or no-cost health care insurance.
e. Provide job training.
ABD - ABD
From the nurse's perspective, what measure should be the focus of the health care
system to reduce the rate of infant mortality further?
a. Implementing programs to ensure women's early participation in ongoing prenatal
care.
b. Increasing the length of stay in a hospital after vaginal birth from 2 to 3 days.
c. Expanding the number of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
d. Mandating that all pregnant women receive care from an obstetrician. - A
Alternative and complementary therapies:
a. replace conventional Western modalities of treatment.
b. are used by only a small number of American adults.
c. recognize the value of patients' input into their health care.
d. focus primarily on the disease an individual is experiencing. - C
A 38-year-old Hispanic woman delivered a 9-pound, 6-ounce girl vaginally after being in
labor for 43 hours. The baby died 3 days later from sepsis. On what grounds would the
woman potentially have a legitimate legal case for negligence? a. She is Hispanic.
b. She delivered a girl.
c. The standards of care were not met.
d. She refused fetal monitoring. - C
A newly graduated nurse is attempting to understand the reason for increasing health
care spending in the United States. Her research finds that these costs are much higher
compared with other developed countries as a result of: a. a higher rate of obesity
among pregnant women.
b. limited access to technology.
c. increased usage of health care services along with lower prices.
d. homogeneity of the population. - A
The term used to describe legal and professional responsibility for practice for maternity
nurses is:
a. collegiality.