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Chapter 1.Core Concepts of Maternal and Pediatric Healthcare Across the
Continuum
MULTIPLE CHOICE
A patient chooses to have the certified nurse midwife (CNM) provide care
during her pregnancy. What does the CNMs scope of practice include?
• Practice independent from medical supervision
• Comprehensive prenatal care
• Attendance at all deliveries
• Cesarean sections
ANS:B
The CNM provides comprehensive prenatal and postnatal care, attends uncomplicated
deliveries, and ensures that a backup physician is available in case of unforeseen
problems.
REF: Page 6
Which medical pioneer discovered the relationship between the incidence of
puerperal fever and unwashed hands?
• Karl Cred
• Ignaz Semmelweis
• Louis Pasteur
• Joseph List
ANS: B
Ignaz Semmelweis deduced that puerperal fever was septic, contagious, and transmitted by the
unwashed hands of physicians and medical students.
REF: Page 2
A pregnant woman who has recently immigrated to the United States comments to the
nurse, I Am afraid of childbirth. It is so dangerous. I am afraid I will die. What is the best
nursing response reflecting cultural sensitivity?
• Maternal mortality in the United States is extremely low.
• Anesthesia is available to relieve pain during labor and childbirth.
• Tell me why you are afraid of childbirth.
• Your condition will be monitored during labor and delivery.
ANS: C
Asking the patient about her concerns helps promote understanding and individualizes
patient care.
REF: Page 7-8
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Psychological
• An urban area has been reported to have a high perinatal mortality rate. What
information does this provide?
• Maternal and infant deaths per 100,000 live births per year
• Deaths of fetuses weighing more than 500 g per 10,000 births per year
• Deaths of infants up to 1 year of age per 1000 live births per year
• Fetal and neonatal deaths per 1000 live
births per year ANS: D
The perinatal mortality rate includes fetal and neonatal deaths per 1000 live births per year.
: REF: Page 12,
Box 1-6 9 : The Present-Child Care
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• What is the focus of current maternity practice?
• Hospital births for the majority of women
• The traditional family unit
• Separation of labor rooms from delivery rooms
• A quality family
experience for each
patient ANS: D
Current maternity practice focuses on a high-quality family experience for all
families, traditional or otherwise.
: REF: Page 6 7
: The Present-Maternity Care
N/A : Health Promotion and Maintenance
• Who advocated the establishment of the Childrens Bureau?
• Lillian Wald
• Florence Nightingale
• Florence Kelly
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Lillian Wald is credited with suggesting the establishment of a federal Childrens Bureau.
REF: Page 4
1 | 2 : The Past
: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development
• What was the result of research done in the 1930s by the Childrens Bureau?
• Children with heart problems are now cared for by pediatric cardiologists.
• The Child Abuse and Prevention Act was passed.
• Hot lunch programs were established in many schools.
• Childrens
asylums were
founded.
ANS: C
School hot lunch programs were developed as a result of research by the Childrens Bureau on
the
effects of economic depression on children.
REF: Page 4
2 | 3 : The Past
N/A
: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Coordinated Care
• What government program was implemented to increase the educational
exposure of preschool children?
• WIC