Davis Advantage for Maternal-Child Nursing
Care Chapter 28 Questions and Correct
Answers
Preconception
✓ ~~~ Is the period of time before pregnancy during which health-care providers can
address family planning with the goal of health promotion to protect the health of the
baby and women for future pregnancies.
Reproductive Life Plan (RLP)
✓ ~~~ A reflection of a person's intentions about the number and timing of
pregnancies in the context of their personal values and life goals, and it may serve
as the starting point of focused, personalized counseling to directly address the
individual's plan. Useful in populations at risk for adverse outcomes.
Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA)
✓ ~~~ Recommended daily caloric intake.
Folic Acid
✓ ~~~ Vitamin B9 (Dietary Supplement) a water-soluble vitamin that is closely related
to iron. It helps regulate red blood cell development and facilitates the oxygen-
carrying capacity of the blood.
Body Mass Index (BMI)
✓ ~~~ A method of evaluating the appropriateness of weight for height.
BMI=
Weight/Height
,Pica
✓ ~~~ The consumption of nonnutritive substances. Substances that are most often
ingested include clay, dirt, cornstarch, and ice.
Anorexia Nervosa
✓ ~~~ A patient that loses weight either by excessive dieting or by purging themselves
of calories they have ingested.
Bulimia Nervosa
✓ ~~~ Patients that engage in recurrent episodes of binge eating, self-induced
vomiting and diarrhea, excessive exercise, strict dieting, or fasting and display an
exaggerated concern about body shape and weight.
Teratogen
✓ ~~~ Anything that adversely affects the normal cellular development in the embryo
or fetus.
It is recommended that every patient arrange an appointment with a chosen care
provider to discuss the management of what?
✓ ~~~ Pregnancy and childbirth as early as possible within the first trimester.
The woman may seek childbearing care from what?
✓ ~~~ 1. Obstetrician
2. Family Practice Physician
3. CNM who is educated in the disciplines of nursing and midwifery and is certified
by the American College of Nurse Midwives.
, Many pregnancies are unintended, so addressing preconception care allows the
practitioner to identify what?
✓ ~~~ Reproductive goals and interventions to reduce unintended pregnancies.
During preconception, a woman builds the foundation for what?
✓ ~~~ A healthy pregnancy long before she may ever even think of becoming
pregnant.
Preconception care with the woman's health-care provider provides what?
✓ ~~~ Opportunities for the nurse to empower the woman to plan and carry out a
healthy pregnancy and birth.
The purpose of preconception care is to what?
✓ ~~~ Identify conditions, whether physical, psychological, environmental, or social
that could adversely affect a future pregnancy.
Prenatal care, also known as antenatal care, is a form of what?
✓ ~~~ Preventive health care a woman receives throughout the pregnancy.
Prenatal care encompasses routine what?
✓ ~~~ Maternal and fetal assessments, screening and testing for certain health-care
conditions, risk factor assessments, and education on various aspects of pregnancy.
Prenatal care usually reaches how many weeks of gestation.
Care Chapter 28 Questions and Correct
Answers
Preconception
✓ ~~~ Is the period of time before pregnancy during which health-care providers can
address family planning with the goal of health promotion to protect the health of the
baby and women for future pregnancies.
Reproductive Life Plan (RLP)
✓ ~~~ A reflection of a person's intentions about the number and timing of
pregnancies in the context of their personal values and life goals, and it may serve
as the starting point of focused, personalized counseling to directly address the
individual's plan. Useful in populations at risk for adverse outcomes.
Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA)
✓ ~~~ Recommended daily caloric intake.
Folic Acid
✓ ~~~ Vitamin B9 (Dietary Supplement) a water-soluble vitamin that is closely related
to iron. It helps regulate red blood cell development and facilitates the oxygen-
carrying capacity of the blood.
Body Mass Index (BMI)
✓ ~~~ A method of evaluating the appropriateness of weight for height.
BMI=
Weight/Height
,Pica
✓ ~~~ The consumption of nonnutritive substances. Substances that are most often
ingested include clay, dirt, cornstarch, and ice.
Anorexia Nervosa
✓ ~~~ A patient that loses weight either by excessive dieting or by purging themselves
of calories they have ingested.
Bulimia Nervosa
✓ ~~~ Patients that engage in recurrent episodes of binge eating, self-induced
vomiting and diarrhea, excessive exercise, strict dieting, or fasting and display an
exaggerated concern about body shape and weight.
Teratogen
✓ ~~~ Anything that adversely affects the normal cellular development in the embryo
or fetus.
It is recommended that every patient arrange an appointment with a chosen care
provider to discuss the management of what?
✓ ~~~ Pregnancy and childbirth as early as possible within the first trimester.
The woman may seek childbearing care from what?
✓ ~~~ 1. Obstetrician
2. Family Practice Physician
3. CNM who is educated in the disciplines of nursing and midwifery and is certified
by the American College of Nurse Midwives.
, Many pregnancies are unintended, so addressing preconception care allows the
practitioner to identify what?
✓ ~~~ Reproductive goals and interventions to reduce unintended pregnancies.
During preconception, a woman builds the foundation for what?
✓ ~~~ A healthy pregnancy long before she may ever even think of becoming
pregnant.
Preconception care with the woman's health-care provider provides what?
✓ ~~~ Opportunities for the nurse to empower the woman to plan and carry out a
healthy pregnancy and birth.
The purpose of preconception care is to what?
✓ ~~~ Identify conditions, whether physical, psychological, environmental, or social
that could adversely affect a future pregnancy.
Prenatal care, also known as antenatal care, is a form of what?
✓ ~~~ Preventive health care a woman receives throughout the pregnancy.
Prenatal care encompasses routine what?
✓ ~~~ Maternal and fetal assessments, screening and testing for certain health-care
conditions, risk factor assessments, and education on various aspects of pregnancy.
Prenatal care usually reaches how many weeks of gestation.
