Chapter 01: Maternity and Women's
Health Care Today Exam Question &
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1. The nurse is teaching a parenting class to new parents. Which statement should the
nurse include in the teaching session about the characteristics of a healthy family?
a.
Adults agree on the majority of basic parenting principles.
b.
The parents and children have rigid assignments for all the family tasks.
c.
Young families assume total responsibility for the parenting tasks, refusing any
assistance.
d.
The family is overwhelmed by the significant changes that occur as a result of childbirth.
- ANSWER-ANS: A
,Adults in a healthy family communicate with each other, so there is minimal discord in
areas such as discipline and sleep schedules. Healthy families remain flexible in their
role assignments. Members of a healthy family accept assistance without feeling guilty.
Healthy families can tolerate irregular sleep and meal schedules, which are common
during the months after childbirth.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 9
2. Which factor significantly contributed to the shift from home births to hospital births in
the early twentieth century?
a.
The number of hospital births decreased.
b.
Forceps were developed to facilitate difficult births.
c.
The importance of early parent-infant contact was identified.
d.
Puerperal sepsis was identified as a risk factor in labor and birth. - ANSWER-ANS: B
, The development of forceps to facilitate difficult births by physicians was a strong factor
in the decrease of home births and increase of hospital births. With the shift toward
hospital births, the numbers increased. The shift to hospital births decreased the
amount of parental-infant contact. Puerperal sepsis has been a known problem for
generations. In the late nineteenth century, Semmelweis discovered how it could be
prevented.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding REF: 1
3. A nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about the history of family-centered
maternity care. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching session?
a.
The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 promoted family-centered care.
b.
Changes in pharmacologic management of labor prompted family-centered care.
c.
Demands by physicians for family involvement in childbirth increased the practice of
family-centered care.
d.
Parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them rather than in a nursery
initiated the practice of family-centered care. - ANSWER-ANS: D
Health Care Today Exam Question &
Answers Scored A+
1. The nurse is teaching a parenting class to new parents. Which statement should the
nurse include in the teaching session about the characteristics of a healthy family?
a.
Adults agree on the majority of basic parenting principles.
b.
The parents and children have rigid assignments for all the family tasks.
c.
Young families assume total responsibility for the parenting tasks, refusing any
assistance.
d.
The family is overwhelmed by the significant changes that occur as a result of childbirth.
- ANSWER-ANS: A
,Adults in a healthy family communicate with each other, so there is minimal discord in
areas such as discipline and sleep schedules. Healthy families remain flexible in their
role assignments. Members of a healthy family accept assistance without feeling guilty.
Healthy families can tolerate irregular sleep and meal schedules, which are common
during the months after childbirth.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 9
2. Which factor significantly contributed to the shift from home births to hospital births in
the early twentieth century?
a.
The number of hospital births decreased.
b.
Forceps were developed to facilitate difficult births.
c.
The importance of early parent-infant contact was identified.
d.
Puerperal sepsis was identified as a risk factor in labor and birth. - ANSWER-ANS: B
, The development of forceps to facilitate difficult births by physicians was a strong factor
in the decrease of home births and increase of hospital births. With the shift toward
hospital births, the numbers increased. The shift to hospital births decreased the
amount of parental-infant contact. Puerperal sepsis has been a known problem for
generations. In the late nineteenth century, Semmelweis discovered how it could be
prevented.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding REF: 1
3. A nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about the history of family-centered
maternity care. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching session?
a.
The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 promoted family-centered care.
b.
Changes in pharmacologic management of labor prompted family-centered care.
c.
Demands by physicians for family involvement in childbirth increased the practice of
family-centered care.
d.
Parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them rather than in a nursery
initiated the practice of family-centered care. - ANSWER-ANS: D
