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Chapter 1: 21st Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing
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1. In evaluating the level of a pregnant woman risk of having a low-birth-
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weight (LBW) infant, which factor is the most important for the nurse to consider?
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nal education is an
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important factor in potential infant mortality rates, but it is not the most important. Addit
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ionally, maternal education is a modifiable risk factor.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: IM:
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TOPIC: Nursing Process: Assessment
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MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance, Antepartum Care
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2. What is the primary role of practicing nurses in the research process?
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b. Collecting data for other researchers
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d. Seeking funding to support research studies
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When problems are identified, research can be properly conducted. Research of health c
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are issues leads to evidence-
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based practice guidelines. Designing research studies is only one factor of the research p
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rocess. Data collection is another factor of research. Financial support is necessary to co
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nduct research, but it is not the primary role of the nurse in the research process.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: im: 14 TOPIC: Nursing Process:
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N/AMSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
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3. A 23-year-old African-
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American woman is pregnant with her first child. Based on the statistics for infa
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nt mortality, which plan is most important for the nurse to implement?
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b. Refer the woman to a social worker.
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c. Advise the woman to see an obstetrician, not a midwife.
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d. Explain to the woman the importance of keeping her prenatal care appointments.
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iated with infant mortality. Nutritional status is an important modifiable risk factor, but it
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LMis not the most important action a nurse should take in this situation. The client may ne
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ed assistance from a social worker at some time during her pregnancy, but a referral to
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a social worker is not the most important aspect the nurse should address at this time. I
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f the woman has identifiable high-
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risk problems, then her health care may need to be provided by a physician. However, i
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t cannot be assumed that all African-American women have high-
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risk issues. In addition, advising the woman to see an obstetrician is not the most import
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ant aspect on which the nurse should focus at this time, and it is not appropriate for a
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nurse to advise or manage the type of care a client is to receive.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: IM: TOPIC: Nursing Process: Planning
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