ESSENTIALS OF MATERNITY, NEWBORN, AND WOMEN’S
HEALTH NURSING 5TH EDITION RICCI’S
TESTBANK/COMPLETE GUIDE 2024-2025
,Chapter 01: Perspectives on Maternal, Newborn, and Women’sPrimary
care
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 would most 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 balanced diet
2. When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nursing attendant would
include which of the following?
A) Toddlerbirth is viewed as a procedural event
B) Families are unable to make informed choices
C) Toddlerbirth results in changes in relationships
D) Families require little information to make appropriate decisions
3. When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-time expectant women, the nursing
attendant expects to review how maternity care has changed over the years. Which of the
following would the nursing attendant 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 learners about gestation-related mortality, the instructor
determines that additional teaching is needed when the learners identify which condition
as a leading cause?
A) Hemorrhage
B) Embolism
C) Obstructed labor
D) Infection
5. The nursing attendant is working with a group of community health members to develop a
plan to address the special health needs of women. Which of the following conditions would
the group address as the major problem?
A) Smoking
B) Heart disease
C) Diabetes
D) Cancer
6. When assessing a family for possible barriers to primary care, the nursing attendant
would consider which factor to be most important?
A) Language
, B) Primary care workers attitudes
C) Transportation
D) Finances
7. After teaching a group of nursing learners about the issue of informed consent. Which
of the following, if identified by the learner, would indicate an understanding of a
violation of informed consent?
A) Performing a procedure on a 15-year-old without consent
B) Serving as a witness to the signature process
C) Asking whether the hospital client understands what she is signing
D) Getting verbal consent over the phone for emergency procedures
8. The nursing attendant is trying to get consent to care for an 11-year-old boy with
diabetic ketoacidosis. His parents are out of town on vacation, and the toddler is staying
with a neighbor. Which action would be the priority?
A) Getting telephone consent with two people listening to the verbal consent
B) Providing emergency care without parental consent
C) Contacting the toddlers aunt or uncle to obtain their consent
D) Advocating for termination of parental rights for this situation
9. After teaching nursing learners about the basic concepts of family-centered care, the
instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the learners state which of the
following?
HEALTH NURSING 5TH EDITION RICCI’S
TESTBANK/COMPLETE GUIDE 2024-2025
,Chapter 01: Perspectives on Maternal, Newborn, and Women’sPrimary
care
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 would most 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 balanced diet
2. When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nursing attendant would
include which of the following?
A) Toddlerbirth is viewed as a procedural event
B) Families are unable to make informed choices
C) Toddlerbirth results in changes in relationships
D) Families require little information to make appropriate decisions
3. When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-time expectant women, the nursing
attendant expects to review how maternity care has changed over the years. Which of the
following would the nursing attendant 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 learners about gestation-related mortality, the instructor
determines that additional teaching is needed when the learners identify which condition
as a leading cause?
A) Hemorrhage
B) Embolism
C) Obstructed labor
D) Infection
5. The nursing attendant is working with a group of community health members to develop a
plan to address the special health needs of women. Which of the following conditions would
the group address as the major problem?
A) Smoking
B) Heart disease
C) Diabetes
D) Cancer
6. When assessing a family for possible barriers to primary care, the nursing attendant
would consider which factor to be most important?
A) Language
, B) Primary care workers attitudes
C) Transportation
D) Finances
7. After teaching a group of nursing learners about the issue of informed consent. Which
of the following, if identified by the learner, would indicate an understanding of a
violation of informed consent?
A) Performing a procedure on a 15-year-old without consent
B) Serving as a witness to the signature process
C) Asking whether the hospital client understands what she is signing
D) Getting verbal consent over the phone for emergency procedures
8. The nursing attendant is trying to get consent to care for an 11-year-old boy with
diabetic ketoacidosis. His parents are out of town on vacation, and the toddler is staying
with a neighbor. Which action would be the priority?
A) Getting telephone consent with two people listening to the verbal consent
B) Providing emergency care without parental consent
C) Contacting the toddlers aunt or uncle to obtain their consent
D) Advocating for termination of parental rights for this situation
9. After teaching nursing learners about the basic concepts of family-centered care, the
instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the learners state which of the
following?
