, Maternity and Pediatric Nursing 5th Edition Ricci Kyle Carman Test Bank
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Chapter 1 Perspectives on Maternal and Child Health Care
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1 The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among indu
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. strialized nations for infant mortality rate. When developing programs to assist in de
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creasing these rates, which factor would most likely need to be addressed as having th
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e greatest impact?
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A Resolving all language and cultural differences
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B Assuring early and adequate prenatal care
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C Providing more extensive womens shelters
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D Encouraging all women to eat a balanced diet r r r r r r r
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2 When integrating the principles of family-
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. centered care, the nurse would include which of the following?
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A Childbirth is viewed as a procedural event
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B Families are unable to make informed choices
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C Childbirth results in changes in relationships
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D Families require little information to make appropriate decisions
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,3 When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-
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. time pregnant women, the nurse expects to review how maternity care has changed
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over the years. Which of the following would the nurse include when discussing eve
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nts of the
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A Epidemics of puerperal fever r r r
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B Performance of the first cesarean birth r r r r r
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C Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size r r r r r r r
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D Creation of free-standing birth centers
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4 After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-
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. related mortality, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when t
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he students identify which condition as a leading cause?
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A Hemorrhage
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D Infection
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5 The nurse is working with a group of community health m mbers to develop a
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plan to address the special health needs of women. Which of the followin
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g conditions would the group address as the major problem?
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, A Smoking
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B Heart disease
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C Diabetes
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D Cancer
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6 When assessing a family for possible barriers to health care, the nurse would
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. consider which factor to be most important?
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A Language
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B Health care workers attitudes
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C Transportation
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D Finances
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7 After teaching a group of nursing students about the issue of informed consent.
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Which of the following, if identified by the student, would indicate a
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n understanding of a violation of informed consent?
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A Performing a procedure on a 15-year-old without consent
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B Serving as a witness to the signature process
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C Asking whether the client understands what she is signing
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