WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE IN ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING
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IVY M. ALEXANDER
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2nd Edition
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TESTBANK yv
, Chapter 1: Women and Their Healthyv yv yv yv yv
Test Bank: Women's Health Care in Advanced Practice Nursing, Second Edition by Alexander
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MULTIPLE CHOICE yv
(with Answer key at the end of each chapter)
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1. The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among industrialized nations fo
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r infant mortality rate. When developing programs to assist in decreasing these rates, which factor wouldmos
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t likely need to be addressed as having the greatest impact?
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A. Resolving all language and cultural differences yv yv yv yv yv
B. Assuring early and adequate prenatal care yv yv yv yv yv
C. Providing more extensive women’s shelters yv yv yv yv
D. Encouraging all women to eat a balanceddiet yv yv yv yv yv yv
2. When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nurse would include which of the following?
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A. Childbirth is viewed as a procedural event yv yv yv yv yv yv
B. Families are unable to make informed choices yv yv yv yv yv yv
C. Childbirth results in changes in relationships yv yv yv yv yv
D. Families require little information to make appropriate decisions
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When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-time pregnant women, the nurse expects to review
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3. How maternity care has changed over the years. Which of the following would the nurse include when
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discussing events of the 20th century?yv yv yv yv
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A. Epidemics of puerperal fever yv yv yv
B. Performance of the first cesarean birth yv yv yv yv yv
C. Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size yv yv yv yv yv yv yv
D. Creation of free-standing birth centers yv yv yv yv
4. After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-
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related mortality, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students id
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entify which condition as a leading cause?
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A. Hemorrhage
B. Embolism
C. Obstructed labor yv
D. Infection
The nurse is working with a group of community health members to develop a plan to address the special
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5. health needs of women. Which of the following conditions would the group address as the major
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problem?
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,A) Smoking
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C) Diabetes
D) Cancer
6. When assessing a family for possible barriers to health care, the nurse would consider which factor to be most
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important?
A) Language
B) Health care workers attitudes yv yv yv
C) Transportation
D) Finances
7. After teaching a group of nursing students about the issue of informed consent. Which of the following, if
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identified by the student, would indicate an understanding of a violation of informed consent?
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A) Performing a procedure on a 15-year-old without consent yv yv yv yv yv yv yv
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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D) Getting verbal consent over the phone for emergency procedures
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8. The nurse is trying to get consent to care for an 11-year-
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old boy with diabetic ketoacidosis. His parents are out of town on vacation, and the child is staying with a nei
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ghbor. Which action would be the priority?
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A) Getting telephone consent with two people listening to the verbal consent
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B) Providing emergency care without parental consent yv yv yv yv yv
C) Contacting the childs aunt or uncle to obtain their consent D)
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Advocating for termination of parental rights for this situation
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9. After teaching nursing students about the basic concepts of family-
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centered care, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students sta
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te which of the following?
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A) Childbirth affects the entire family, and relationships will change.
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B) Families are not capable of making health care decisions for themselves.
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C) Mothers are the family members affected by childbirth.
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D)Childbirth is a medical procedure. yv yv yv yv
A nursing instructor is preparing a class discussion on the trends in health care and health care delivery 10.
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over the past several centuries. When discussing the changes during the past century, which of the
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following would the instructor be least likely to include?
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A) Disease prevention yv
B) Health promotion yv
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