TEST BANK for Maternal and Child Health Nursing 9th Edition by Adele Pillitteri | All Chapters 1-66 Exam Questions and Verified Answers

Maternal and

Child Health Nursing 9th Edition Pillitteri Test Bank.

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1.For which reasons would a nurse review infant mortality statistics in the United States? (
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Select all that apply.)
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A) Measures the quality of pregnancy care lx lx lx lx lx



B) Reviews information on overall nutrition lx lx lx lx



C) Compares health with those of other states lx lx lx lx lx lx



D) Determines infant health and available care lx lx lx lx lx



E) Provides an index of the country's general health lx lx lx lx lx lx lx l



xAns: A, B, D, E lxl x lx lx lx



Feedback:
Infant mortality statistics provide an index of a country's general health, measures the q
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uality of pregnancy care, provides information on overall nutrition, and determines infa
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nt health and available care. Infant mortality statistics compares the health with those of
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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?
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A) Primary care lx



B) Team nursing lx



C) Case management lx



D) Family-
centered care Ans: D lx lx lxl x



Feedback:
Keeping the family at the center of care is important because the level of a family's functi
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oning is important to the health status of its members. A healthy family establishes an en
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vironment conducive to growth and health- lx lx lx lx lx



promoting behaviors to sustain family members during crises. A family-
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centered approach enables nurses to better understand individuals and their effect on oth
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ers and, in turn, to provide more holistic care. Primary nursing, team nursing, and case m
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anagement do not necessary take into consideration the maternal and child care continuu
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m.




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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 lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx



B) Teaches family members interventions to improve health lx lx lx lx lx lx



C) Adheres to principles that focus on the needs of the mother lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx



D) Encourages maternal hospitalization to regain strength and stamina lx lx lx lx lx lx lx



E) Assesses family members for strengths and specific needs or challenges lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx l



xAns: A, B, E lxl x lx lx



Feedback:
Actions that the nurse should perform when supporting the goals of maternal and child h
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ealth care include advocating the rights for the mother and fetus, teaching health promo
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tion interventions, and assessing the family for strengths and specific needs or challeng
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es. Adhering to principles that focus on the needs of the mother and encouraging matern
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al hospitalization to regain strength and stamina are not actions that support the goals of
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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
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of these goals?
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A) Health promotion and disease prevention lx lx lx lx



B) Early diagnosis of chronic health problems lx lx lx lx lx



C) Effective use of medication to treat disease lx lx lx lx lx lx



D) Reduce the cost of health care and medications lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx



Ans: A lxl x



Feedback:
The 2020 National Health Goals are intended to help citizens more easily understand the i
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mportance of health promotion and disease prevention and to encourage wide participati
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on in improving health in the next decade. These goals do not focus on the early diagnosis
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of chronic problems, use of medications to treat disease, or reduce the cost of health care
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and medications.lx




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, 5. The nurse has noticed a change in the type of care needed to support maternal and child h
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ealth issues. What does the nurse realize as reasons for the changes in care? (Select all th
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at apply.)
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A) Smaller families lx



B) Less domestic violence lx lx



C) More employed mothers lx lx



D) Stable home environments lx lx



E) More single- lx



parent families Ans: A, C, E lx lx lxl x lx lx



Feedback:
Nursing care for maternal and child is changing because families are smaller, more moth
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ers are employed out of the home, and there are more single-
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parent families. There is an increase in domestic violence, and families are less stable an
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d more mobile, which influences homelessness.
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6. During an assessment, the nurse asks a patient from a non-English-
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speaking culture which types of home remedies and herbs the patient uses for health
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care. What is the purpose of asking the patient this question?
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A) Analyze for herb–drug interactions lx lx lx



B) Understand the patient's philosophy of alternative health care lx lx lx lx lx lx lx



C) Determine the types of medications the patient will need to be prescribed lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx



D) Explain to the physician the patient's preference for nontraditional medicine lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx lx l



approaches x



Ans: A lxl x



Feedback:
Assessing what alternative measures are being used is important because the action of a
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n herb can interfere with prescribed medications. Assessing the use of herbal remedies i
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s not done to understand the patient's philosophy of alternative health care, determine th
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e types of medications the patient will need to be prescribed, or explain the patient's pref
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erences for nontraditional medicine approaches to the physician.
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