& Women's Health Across the Lifespan,
11th Edition (Davidson),
Chapters 1 - 36 | All Chapters Verified
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
, Chapter 1
Question 1
Type: MCSA
The nurse is speaking to students about changes in maternal–newborn care. One change is that self-care has
gained wide acceptance with patients, the healthcare community, and third-party payers due to research findings
that suggest that it:
1. Shortens newborn length of stay.
2. Decreases use of home health agencies.
3. Reduces healthcare costs.
4. Decreases the number of emergency department visits.
CORRECT ANSWER: 3
Rationale 1: Length of stay is often determined by third-party payer (insurance company) policies as well as
physiologic stability of the mother and newborn. Home healthcare agencies often are involved in patient care to
decrease hospital stay time.
Rationale 2: Home healthcare agencies often are involved in patient care to decrease hospital stay time.
Rationale 3: Research indicates self-care significantly reduces healthcare costs.
Rationale 4: Acute emergencies are addressed by emergency departments, and are not delayed by those practicing
self-care.
Question 2
In order to combat the impersonal nature of technology that sometimes interferes with family-focused care, the
nurse should take which actions?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Advocate within the community for natural childbirth.
2. Make childbirth education classes available.
3. Be instrumental in providing change in the birth environment at work.
, 4. Suggest lthat ldoulas lnot lbe lallowed lto linterfere lwith lthe lchildbirth lprocess.
5. Advocate lfor lmore lhome lhealthcare lagencies.
CORRECT lANSWER: l1,2,3,5
Rationale l1: lNatural lchildbirth, lif lthe lpatient lis lable, lis lthe lsafest lmethod lfor lthe lbaby.
Rationale l2: lIt lis lappropriate lfor lnurses, lin lconjunction lwith ldoctors land lhospitals, lto lprovide lchildbirth
lclasseslfor lthe lexpectant lfamilies.
Rationale l3: lBy lworking lwith lother lstaff land ldoctors, lthe lnurse lis lable lto limplement lchange las lneeded lwithin
lthelbirthing lunit.
Rationale l4: lDoulas lare lencouraged lto lbe lpart lof lthe lbirthing lprocess las lthe lpatient lwishes. lThey lare lmainly
ltherelas la lcoach.
Rationale l5: lPatients lare lgoing lhome lsooner lall lthe ltime, lso lthere lneeds lto lbe lmore lfollow-up lin lthe lhome.
Question l3
The lnurse lis ltelling la lnew lpatient lhow ltechnology lused lin lmaternal–newborn lcare lhas lchanged lthe lway lthe
lnurselcares lfor lher lpatients. lAn lexample lof lthis lis:
1. Elective linductions, lrequested lcesareans, lepidural lanesthesia, land lfetal lmonitoring.
2. Delivering lat lhome lwith la lnurse-midwife land ldoula.
3. Having lthe lfather lpresent las lthe lcoach land lcut lthe lumbilical lcord.
4. Breastfeeding lof lthe lnew lbaby lon lthe ldelivery ltable.
CORRECT lANSWER: l1
Rationale l1: lElective linductions, lrequested lcesareans, lepidural lanesthesia, land lfetal lmonitoring lare lall
lrecentltechnologies lthat lhave laffected lthe lcare lin llabor land ldelivery lareas.
Rationale l2: lA lnurse-midwife land la ldoula lare lnot lexamples lof ltechnological lcare.
Rationale l3: lFathers’ lbeing lpresent lduring llabor land lcoaching ltheir lpartners lrepresents lnontechnological
lcarelduring lchildbirth.
Rationale l4: lBreastfeeding lis lnot lan lexample lof ltechnology limpacting lcare.
Question l4