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Prepare confidently for maternal and child health nursing examinations with this comprehensive **Test Bank for Maternal and Child Health Nursing, 8th Edition by Adele Pillitteri**. Updated for the latest 2026–2027 academic period, this study resource is designed to help nursing students master the principles of maternity, newborn, and pediatric nursing across the continuum of care. The test bank includes chapter-by-chapter questions with verified answers covering reproductive health, prenatal care, fetal development, pregnancy assessment, labor and delivery, postpartum care, newborn assessment, neonatal adaptation, breastfeeding, high-risk pregnancy, obstetric complications, family-centered care, growth and development, pediatric assessment, childhood illnesses, pediatric pharmacology, nutrition, immunization, health promotion, patient education, evidence-based nursing practice, and clinical decision-making. Ideal for quizzes, assignments, midterm examinations, final exams, HESI, ATI, NCLEX-style assessments, and instructor-created tests, this resource reinforces critical thinking, strengthens clinical reasoning, and enhances examination readiness while serving as an excellent companion to the eighth edition textbook for BSN, RN, ADN, LPN, and graduate nursing students.

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1. Forh which reasons would a nurse review infant mortality statistics in the United States?
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C) Compares health with those of other states F
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E) Provides an index of the country's general health F
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Infant mortality statistics provide an index of a country's general health, measures the
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quality of pregnancy care, provides information on overall nutrition, and determines
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infant health and available care. Infant mortality statistics compares the health with
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those of other countries and not with those of other states.
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2. The nurse is providing care in an organization that supports the maternal and child care
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continuum. Which type of patient care area is an example of this approach? F Y F Y F Y F
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Keeping the family at the center of care is important because the level of a family's
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functioning is important to the health status of its members. A healthy family establishes F Y F Y F
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an environment conducive to growth and health-promoting behaviors to sustain family
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members during crises. A family-centered approach enables nurses to better understand
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individuals and their effect on others and, in turn, to provide more holistic care. Primary
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nursing, team nursing, and case management do not necessary take into consideration
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the maternal and child care continuum.
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3. Which actions should the nurse perform when supporting the goals of maternal and
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child health care? (Select all that apply.)
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A) Advocates protecting the rights of the mother and fetus F
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B) Teaches family members interventions to improve health F Y F
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C) Adheres to principles that focus on the needs of the mother F Y F Y F Y F Y F
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D) Encourages maternal hospitalization to regain strength and stamina F Y F
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E) Assesses family members for strengths and specific needs or challenges F
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Actions that the nurse should perform when supporting the goals of maternal and child
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health care include advocating the rights for the mother and fetus, teaching health
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promotion interventions, and assessing the family for strengths and specific needs or
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challenges. Adhering to principles that focus on the needs of the mother and
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encouraging maternal hospitalization to regain strength and stamina are not actions that
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support the goals of maternal and child health care.
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4. The nurse is reviewing the 2020 National Health Goals and notes that which is a focus of
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these goals? F Y




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D) Reduce the cost of health care and medications F Y F Y F Y F
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The 2020 National Health Goals are intended to help citizens more easilyunderstand the
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importance of health promotion and disease prevention and to encourage wide
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participation in improving health in the next decade. These goals do not focus on the
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early diagnosis of chronic problems, use of medications to treat disease, or reduce the
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cost of health care and medications.
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5. The nurse has noticed a change in the type of care needed to support maternal and child
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health issues. What does the nurse realize as reasons for the changes in care? (Select all
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that apply.)
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A) Smaller families F
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C) More employed mothers F Y F Y




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Nursing care for maternal and child is changing because families are smaller, more
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mothers are employed out of the home, and there are more single-parent families. There is
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an increase in domestic violence, and families are less stable and more mobile, which
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influences homelessness. F Y




6. During an assessment, the nurse asks a patient from a non-English-speaking culture
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which types of home remedies and herbs the patient uses for health care. What is the
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purpose of asking the patient this question?
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A) Analyze for herb–drug interactions F
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B) Understand the patient's philosophy of alternative health care F
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C) Determine the types of medications the patient will need to be prescribed F Y F
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D) Explain to the physician the patient's preference for nontraditional medicine F
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an herb can interfere with prescribed medications. Assessing the use of herbal remedies is
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not done to understand the patient's philosophy of alternative health care, determine the
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types of medications the patient will need to be prescribed, or explain the patient's
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preferences for nontraditional medicine approaches to the physician. F Y F
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7. The nurse notes that statistics on maternal mortality had improved but are again
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becoming elevated. What does the nurse realize as a reason for this change in maternal
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mortality rates? F
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A) Earlier prenatal care F
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C) Increased vaginal deliveries F
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D) Treatment for chronic diseases F
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This increasing rate in maternal mortality is associated with more cesarean births, more
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gestational hypertension related to preexisting hypertensive disorders, and lack of health
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insurance for many Americans. This increase is not because of earlier prenatal care,
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increased vaginal deliveries, or treatment for chronic diseases.
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8. A new mother asks the nurse if all of the new baby's injections can be given in one visit
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because the mother is losing income from missing work because of the office visits.
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What does this new mother's issue indicate to the nurse?
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B) The mother's income is more important that the baby's health.
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C) Missing work does not support the baby's health maintenance visits. F Y F Y F Y F Y F Y F
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D) The federal government needs to do more to support well-baby visits.
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to bring children for health maintenance visits. The mother losing income because of
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missing work for well-baby visits will deter health maintenance visits for the baby going
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forward. This mother's issue does not indicate that the mother needs to find another job,
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that the mother's income is more important that the baby's health, or that the federal
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government needs to do more to support well-baby visits. F
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