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INTRODUCTORY MATERNITY & PEDIATRIC NURSING
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NANCY HATFIELD & CYNTHIA KINCHELOE
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6th Edition
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,Chapter 1: The Nurse's Role in a Changing Maternal–
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Child Health Care Environment Hatfield: Introductory Maternity and Pediatric Nu
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1. The opening up of hospital visiting policies for children and fam
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ilies likely resultedfrom the work of which individual?
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A. Joseph Brennaman @1


B. John Bowlby @1


C. Marshal Klaus @1


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l Answer: B
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Rationale: In 1951, John Bowlby received worldwide attention with his
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study that revealed the negative results of the separation of child and mother beca
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use of hospitalization. His work led toa re-
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evaluation and liberalization of hospital visiting policies for children. Joseph Brennaman s
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uggested that a lack of stimulation for infants contributed to high infant mortality rat
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es at the time. In the 1970s and 1980s, physicians Marshall Klaus and John Kenne
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ll carried out importantstudies on the effect of the separation of newborns and pa
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rents. They established that early separation may have long-
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term effects on family relationships and that offering the new family an opportunity
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@1to be together at birth and for a significant period after birth may provide benefi
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tsthat last well into early childhood.
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Question format: Multiple Choice
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Chapter 1: The Nurse's Role in a Changing Maternal-
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Child Health Care Environment Cognitive Level: Remember
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Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance Inte
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grated Process: Nursing Process
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Reference: p. 4 @1 @1




2. An expectant mother states that she read that more black mothers die in childbirth
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than do white mothers. When responding to her questions about the reasons for
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this, the nurse accurately states that which is the major reason for the high
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maternal mortality rate? @ 1 @ 1


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B. Being unmarried. @1


C. Income.
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Rationale: Research shows that maternal mortality rate is directly
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tal care secondary to lack of access to services or insurance.
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ducational level may play a role in the availability of health
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ot directly responsible. Being unmarried has no bearing on infant
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Question format: Multiple Choice
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Chapter 1: The Nurse's Role in a Changing Maternal-
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Child Health Care Environment Cognitive Level: Understand
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,Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance Inte
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grated Process: Nursing Process
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3. Which statement correctly defines the term "infant death rate"?
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A. number of deaths in utero of fetuses 500 g or more per 1,000 live births
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B. number of deaths occurring in the first 28 days of life per 1,000 live births
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C. number of deaths occurring at birth or in the first 12 months of life per 1,000 live births
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D. death of a live-born child before his or her first birthday.
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Rationale: The term infant death refers to the death of a live-
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born child before he or she reaches age 1 year. It also includes neonatal mortality
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rate. Neonatal mortality rate is the number of infant deaths during the first 28 da
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ys of life for every 1,000 live births. Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths du
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ring the first 12 months of life per 1,000 live births. Question format: Multiple Choice
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Chapter 1: The Nurse's Role in a Changing Maternal-
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Child Health Care Environment Cognitive Level: Remember
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Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance Inte
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grated Process: Nursing Process
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Reference: p. 9 @1 @1




4. The nursing instructor is preparing to teach a group of students about the history of mat
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ernity care. What major development will the instructor emphasize as greatly influen
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cing the practice of maternity care in the United States over the past century?
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A. technologic advances and the use of forceps by primary care providers
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B. development of anesthesia and acceptance of the germ theory
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C. advent of birthing centers and the development of family-centered care
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D. development of pediatric specialty and replacement of midwives as primary birth att
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Rationale: The emphasis should be placed on anesthesia and the germ theory. The dev
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elopment of anesthesia allowed women a choice for pain management in birth; the germ
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theory advanced the progress of general health care and decreased infections in labor
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ing women. Pediatrics as a specialty is an important step forward but is not the g
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reatest development, and midwives are still in practice. Maternity care continues to
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1evolve, and birthing centers are still under development. Forceps are not considered
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an advance in maternity care.
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Question format: Multiple Choice
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Chapter 1: The Nurse's Role in a Changing Maternal-
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Child Health Care Environment Cognitive Level: Analyze
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Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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, Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
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Reference: p. 3
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5. When preparing a client for surgery, the nurse explains that the use of an antis
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eptic during the surgery has greatly improved client survival rates and was started
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by which physician?
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B. Ignaz Philip Semmelweis @1 @1


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n Answer: C
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Rationale: Joseph Lister was a British surgeon who embraced Louis Pasteur's the
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ory of microorganisms as the cause of infection. Lister used carbolic acid as an
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antiseptic during surgery and improved the survival rates of his patients. Alexander
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1Gordon proposed the theory of infection. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Ignaz Philip
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Semmelweis confirmed his theory.
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Question format: Multiple Choice
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Chapter 1: The Nurse's Role in a Changing Maternal-
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Child Health Care Environment Cognitive Level: Apply
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Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Safety and Infection Control Integrated
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Process: Nursing Process
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6. A young couple are very excited to learn they are expecting their first child
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and question the nurse about which test they need to discover its gender. Which proced
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ure will best provide this information to the couple?
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A. Ultrasound
B. Amniocentesis
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D. HGP

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Rationale: Ultrasound is a visual method for assessing the fetus in the uterus and will
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provide information about the gender. Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling provid
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e the entire genetic code of the fetus. HGP refers to the Human Genome Project,
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1which can provide information regarding gene mutations and variations.
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Question format: Multiple Choice
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Chapter 1: The Nurse's Role in a Changing Maternal-
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Child Health Care Environment Cognitive Level: Apply
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Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance Inte
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grated Process: Caring
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