MCN EXAM 4 2026 MATERNAL CHILD
NURSING OBSTETRIC EMERGENCIES
SHOULDER DYSTOCIA AND UTERINE
RUPTURE STUDY GUIDE
◉ What are possible causes of death in children and infants?
Answer: • Cancer
• Complications from prenatal births
• Congenital anomalies
• Neuromuscular disorders
◉ Care for the dying child is a family centered ______________ process
Answer: multidisciplinary
◉ When caring for a dying child, the nurse should respond to the
family's physiologic, emotional, and __________ needs
Answer: spiritual
◉ Which age group has the following concept of death?
, Death as loss of their caregiver
Answer: Infants/toddlers (0 - 1 year, 11 months)
◉ Which age group has the following concept of death?
Death as reversible and temporary separation
Answer: Early childhood (2 - 6 years, 11 months)
◉ Which age group has the following concept of death?
Death as sad and irreversible, but not necessarily inevitable
Answer: Middle childhood (7 - 11 years, 11 months)
◉ Which age group has the following concept of death?
Death as inevitable and irreversible but often a distant event
Answer: Adolescence (12+)
◉ Which age group has the following understanding of death?
• Affected by the loss of comfort measures
• Time with caregivers is important
NURSING OBSTETRIC EMERGENCIES
SHOULDER DYSTOCIA AND UTERINE
RUPTURE STUDY GUIDE
◉ What are possible causes of death in children and infants?
Answer: • Cancer
• Complications from prenatal births
• Congenital anomalies
• Neuromuscular disorders
◉ Care for the dying child is a family centered ______________ process
Answer: multidisciplinary
◉ When caring for a dying child, the nurse should respond to the
family's physiologic, emotional, and __________ needs
Answer: spiritual
◉ Which age group has the following concept of death?
, Death as loss of their caregiver
Answer: Infants/toddlers (0 - 1 year, 11 months)
◉ Which age group has the following concept of death?
Death as reversible and temporary separation
Answer: Early childhood (2 - 6 years, 11 months)
◉ Which age group has the following concept of death?
Death as sad and irreversible, but not necessarily inevitable
Answer: Middle childhood (7 - 11 years, 11 months)
◉ Which age group has the following concept of death?
Death as inevitable and irreversible but often a distant event
Answer: Adolescence (12+)
◉ Which age group has the following understanding of death?
• Affected by the loss of comfort measures
• Time with caregivers is important
