WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE IN ADVANCED
PRACTICE NURSING
IVY M. ALEXANDER
2nd Edition
TEST BANK
,Chapter 1: Women and Their Health
Test Bank: Women's Health Care in Advanced
Practice Nursing, Second Edition by Alexander
MULTIPLE CHOICE
(with Answer key at the end of each chapter)
1. The United States ranks 50th in the world for
maternal mortality and 41st among industrialized
nations for infant mortality rate. When developing
programs to assist in decreasing these rates, which
factor wouldmost likely need to be addressed as
having the greatest impact?
A. Resolving all language and cultural differences
B. Assuring early and adequate prenatal care
C. Providing more extensive women’s shelters
D. Encouraging all women to eat a balanceddiet
2. When integrating the principles of family-centered care,
the nurse would include which of the following?
A. Childbirth is viewed as a procedural event
B. Families are unable to make informed choices
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, C. Childbirth results in changes in relationships
D. Families require little information to make
appropriate decisions
When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-time
pregnant women, the nurse expects to review
3. How maternity care has changed over the years.
Which of the following would the nurse include
when discussing events of the 20th century?
A. Epidemics of puerperal fever
B. Performance of the first cesarean birth
C. Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size
D. Creation of free-standing birth centers
4. After teaching a group of students about
pregnancy-related mortality, the instructor
determines that additional teaching is needed
when the students identify which condition as a
leading cause?
A. Hemorrhage
B. Embolism
C. Obstructed labor
D. Infection
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, The nurse is working with a group of community health
members to develop a plan to address the special
5. health needs of women. Which of the
following conditions would the group address
as the major problem?
A) Smoking
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