Test Bank For Maternal Child Nursing Care 7th Edition

ANS: C 8. When the nurse is unsure about how to perform a patient care procedure, the best action wouldbe to: a. Ask another nurse. b. Discuss the procedure with the patient‘s physician. c. Look up the procedure in a nursing textbook. d. Consult the agency procedure manual and follow the guidelines for the procedure. ANS: D 9. From the nurse‘s perspective, what measure should be the focus of the health care system to reduce the rate of infant mortality further? a. Implementing programs to ensure women‘s early participation in ongoing prenatal care b. Increasing the length of stay in a hospital after vaginal birth from 2 to 3 days c. Expanding the number of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) d. Mandating that all pregnant women receive care from an obstetrician ANS: A 10. Alternative and complementary therapies: a. Replace conventional Western modalities of treatment.b. Are used by only a small number of American adults. c. Recognize the value of clients‘ input into their health care. d. Focus primarily on the disease an individual is experiencing. ANS: C 11. A 38-year-old Hispanic woman delivered a 9-pound, 6-ounce girl vaginally after being in labor for 43 hours. The baby died 3 days later from sepsis. On what grounds would the woman potentially have a legitimate legal case for negligence? a. She is Hispanic. c. The standards of care were not met. b. She delivered a girl. d. She refused fetal monitoring. ANS: C 12. A newly graduated nurse is attempting to understand the reason for increasing health care spending in the United States. Her research finds that these costs are much higher compared with other developed countries as a result of: a. A higher rate of obesity among pregnant women. b. Limited access to technology. c. Increased usage of health care services along with lower prices.d. Homogeneity of the population. ANS: A 13. The term used to describe legal and professional responsibility for practice for maternity nurses is: a. Collegiality. c. Evaluation. b. Ethics. d. Accountability. ANS: D 14. Through the use of social media technology, nurses can link with other nurses who may share similar interests, insights about practice, and advocate for patients. The most concerning pitfall for nurses using this technology is: a. Violation of patient privacy and confidentiality. b. Institutions and colleagues may be cast in an unfavorable light. c. Unintended negative consequences for using social media. d. Lack of institutional policy governing online contact. ANS: A 15. An important development that affects maternity nursing is integrative health care, which: a. Seeks to provide the same health care for all racial and ethnic groups.b. Blends complementary and alternative therapies with conventional Western treatment. c. Focuses on the disease or condition rather than the background of the client. d. Has been mandated by Congress. ANS: B 16. Recent trends in childbirth practices in the United States indicate that: a. More than 15% of mothers had late or no prenatal care.