TEST BANK
Introductory Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
NANCY T. HATFIELD, CYNTHIA KINCHELOE
4th Edition
,Test Bank for Introductory Maternity and Pediatric Nursing 4th Edition Hatfield
complete questions and answers 100% verified and complete test bank
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
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.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 18
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
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, MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
4. Which action should the nurse take to evaluate the clients learning about
performing infant care?
a. Demonstrate infant care procedures.
b. Allow the client to verbalize the procedure.
c. Routinely assess the infant for cleanliness.
d. Observe the client as she performs the procedure.
ANS: D
The clients correct performance of the procedure under the nurses supervision is the
best proof of her ability. Demonstration is an excellent teaching method, but not an
evaluation method. During verbalization of the procedure, the nurse may not pick up on
techniques that are incorrect. It is not the best tool for evaluation. Routinely assessing
the infant for cleanliness will not ensure that the proper procedure is carried out. The
nurse may miss seeing that unsafe techniques being used.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 21
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Evaluation MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and
Maintenance
5. A nurse is reviewing teaching and learning principles. Which situation is most
conducive to learning?
a. An auditorium is being used as a classroom for 300 students.
b. A teacher who speaks very little Spanish is teaching a class of Hispanic students.
c. A class is composed of students of various ages and educational backgrounds.
d. An Asian nurse provides nutritional information to a group of pregnant
Asian women.
ANS: D
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Introductory Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
NANCY T. HATFIELD, CYNTHIA KINCHELOE
4th Edition
,Test Bank for Introductory Maternity and Pediatric Nursing 4th Edition Hatfield
complete questions and answers 100% verified and complete test bank
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
c. Teaching the client perineal care
d. Providing wound care to a surgical incision
1|Page
,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.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 18
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
2|Page
, MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
4. Which action should the nurse take to evaluate the clients learning about
performing infant care?
a. Demonstrate infant care procedures.
b. Allow the client to verbalize the procedure.
c. Routinely assess the infant for cleanliness.
d. Observe the client as she performs the procedure.
ANS: D
The clients correct performance of the procedure under the nurses supervision is the
best proof of her ability. Demonstration is an excellent teaching method, but not an
evaluation method. During verbalization of the procedure, the nurse may not pick up on
techniques that are incorrect. It is not the best tool for evaluation. Routinely assessing
the infant for cleanliness will not ensure that the proper procedure is carried out. The
nurse may miss seeing that unsafe techniques being used.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 21
OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Evaluation MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and
Maintenance
5. A nurse is reviewing teaching and learning principles. Which situation is most
conducive to learning?
a. An auditorium is being used as a classroom for 300 students.
b. A teacher who speaks very little Spanish is teaching a class of Hispanic students.
c. A class is composed of students of various ages and educational backgrounds.
d. An Asian nurse provides nutritional information to a group of pregnant
Asian women.
ANS: D
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