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Newborn Nursing The Critical Components
of Nursing Care 4th Edition by Susan Scott
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Davis Advantage for Maternal-Newborn
1. What is a primary goal of contemporary maternal-newborn nursing?
A. Focus only on treating pregnancy complications
B. Promote optimal health outcomes for the pregnant person, newborn, and family
C. Separate the newborn from the family during hospitalization
D. Limit family participation in care
Answer: B. Promote optimal health outcomes for the pregnant person, newborn, and
family
Rationale: Contemporary maternal-newborn nursing emphasizes health promotion, prevention,
evidence-based care, family involvement, and individualized care throughout pregnancy, birth,
and the postpartum period.
2. Which factor is considered a social determinant of health?
A. Blood type
,B. Housing stability
C. Eye color
D. Fetal position
Answer: B. Housing stability
Rationale: Housing and neighborhood conditions are social determinants of health. Other
important determinants include economic stability, education, health-care access and quality, and
social/community context.
3. A nurse is assessing factors that could contribute to health disparities in a pregnant
patient. Which factor should the nurse recognize as a social determinant of health?
A. Maternal blood group
B. Access to quality health care
C. Fetal heart rate
D. Fundal height
Answer: B. Access to quality health care
Rationale: Access to health care and the quality of care received can significantly affect
maternal and infant outcomes and contribute to health disparities.
4. Which nursing action best demonstrates culturally responsive maternal-newborn care?
A. Assuming all families have the same beliefs
B. Asking the patient about individual preferences and cultural practices
C. Avoiding discussion of cultural beliefs
D. Applying the nurse's personal beliefs to the plan of care
,Answer: B. Asking the patient about individual preferences and cultural practices
Rationale: Culturally responsive care requires the nurse to assess the patient's individual values,
beliefs, preferences, and practices rather than relying on assumptions or stereotypes.
5. Which approach best supports inclusive maternity care?
A. Using only traditional gender-specific terminology
B. Asking patients what name and terms they prefer
C. Assuming the person giving birth identifies as a woman
D. Excluding partners from discussions
Answer: B. Asking patients what name and terms they prefer
Rationale: Inclusive care recognizes that people seeking pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
services may have diverse gender identities and family structures. Respectful communication
should be individualized.
6. Which intervention is associated with reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome
(SIDS)?
A. Placing the infant prone for sleep
B. Placing the infant supine for sleep
C. Using loose blankets around the infant
D. Positioning the infant on a soft pillow
Answer: B. Placing the infant supine for sleep
Rationale: Safe-sleep recommendations emphasize placing infants on their backs for sleep. This
approach has been associated with a substantial reduction in SIDS rates.
, 7. Which statement by a pregnant patient indicates a need for additional teaching about
tobacco use?
A. “Smoking can affect fetal growth.”
B. “I should avoid tobacco during pregnancy.”
C. “Electronic cigarettes are completely safe during pregnancy.”
D. “I can discuss smoking cessation with my health-care provider.”
Answer: C. “Electronic cigarettes are completely safe during pregnancy.”
Rationale: Electronic cigarettes should not be considered harmless during pregnancy. Tobacco
and nicotine exposure can adversely affect pregnancy and fetal health.
8. Tobacco exposure during pregnancy is associated with which complication?
A. Increased fetal growth in all pregnancies
B. Intrauterine growth restriction
C. Elimination of preterm birth risk
D. Prevention of respiratory complications
Answer: B. Intrauterine growth restriction
Rationale: Tobacco exposure is associated with adverse fetal outcomes, including growth
restriction and increased risk of preterm birth.
9. A pregnant patient reports using a recreational substance. What is the nurse's priority
response?
A. Immediately criticize the behavior
B. Provide nonjudgmental assessment and education
Newborn Nursing The Critical Components
of Nursing Care 4th Edition by Susan Scott
Ricci | Complete Chapters 2026 PDF
Course
Davis Advantage for Maternal-Newborn
1. What is a primary goal of contemporary maternal-newborn nursing?
A. Focus only on treating pregnancy complications
B. Promote optimal health outcomes for the pregnant person, newborn, and family
C. Separate the newborn from the family during hospitalization
D. Limit family participation in care
Answer: B. Promote optimal health outcomes for the pregnant person, newborn, and
family
Rationale: Contemporary maternal-newborn nursing emphasizes health promotion, prevention,
evidence-based care, family involvement, and individualized care throughout pregnancy, birth,
and the postpartum period.
2. Which factor is considered a social determinant of health?
A. Blood type
,B. Housing stability
C. Eye color
D. Fetal position
Answer: B. Housing stability
Rationale: Housing and neighborhood conditions are social determinants of health. Other
important determinants include economic stability, education, health-care access and quality, and
social/community context.
3. A nurse is assessing factors that could contribute to health disparities in a pregnant
patient. Which factor should the nurse recognize as a social determinant of health?
A. Maternal blood group
B. Access to quality health care
C. Fetal heart rate
D. Fundal height
Answer: B. Access to quality health care
Rationale: Access to health care and the quality of care received can significantly affect
maternal and infant outcomes and contribute to health disparities.
4. Which nursing action best demonstrates culturally responsive maternal-newborn care?
A. Assuming all families have the same beliefs
B. Asking the patient about individual preferences and cultural practices
C. Avoiding discussion of cultural beliefs
D. Applying the nurse's personal beliefs to the plan of care
,Answer: B. Asking the patient about individual preferences and cultural practices
Rationale: Culturally responsive care requires the nurse to assess the patient's individual values,
beliefs, preferences, and practices rather than relying on assumptions or stereotypes.
5. Which approach best supports inclusive maternity care?
A. Using only traditional gender-specific terminology
B. Asking patients what name and terms they prefer
C. Assuming the person giving birth identifies as a woman
D. Excluding partners from discussions
Answer: B. Asking patients what name and terms they prefer
Rationale: Inclusive care recognizes that people seeking pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
services may have diverse gender identities and family structures. Respectful communication
should be individualized.
6. Which intervention is associated with reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome
(SIDS)?
A. Placing the infant prone for sleep
B. Placing the infant supine for sleep
C. Using loose blankets around the infant
D. Positioning the infant on a soft pillow
Answer: B. Placing the infant supine for sleep
Rationale: Safe-sleep recommendations emphasize placing infants on their backs for sleep. This
approach has been associated with a substantial reduction in SIDS rates.
, 7. Which statement by a pregnant patient indicates a need for additional teaching about
tobacco use?
A. “Smoking can affect fetal growth.”
B. “I should avoid tobacco during pregnancy.”
C. “Electronic cigarettes are completely safe during pregnancy.”
D. “I can discuss smoking cessation with my health-care provider.”
Answer: C. “Electronic cigarettes are completely safe during pregnancy.”
Rationale: Electronic cigarettes should not be considered harmless during pregnancy. Tobacco
and nicotine exposure can adversely affect pregnancy and fetal health.
8. Tobacco exposure during pregnancy is associated with which complication?
A. Increased fetal growth in all pregnancies
B. Intrauterine growth restriction
C. Elimination of preterm birth risk
D. Prevention of respiratory complications
Answer: B. Intrauterine growth restriction
Rationale: Tobacco exposure is associated with adverse fetal outcomes, including growth
restriction and increased risk of preterm birth.
9. A pregnant patient reports using a recreational substance. What is the nurse's priority
response?
A. Immediately criticize the behavior
B. Provide nonjudgmental assessment and education
