Maternity and Pediatric Nursing 4th Edition by Susan Ricci |
Complete Guide A+| Latest updated version 2025.
QUESTION: A nurse informs a 19-year-old client that she is pregnant. The client immediately states
that she plans to have an abortion. What would be the most appropriate response from the nurse to
this client? ✓✓Correct Answer: "I'll put together the information that you will need."
QUESTION: The nurse is caring for a 14-year-old girl with multiple health problems. Which activity
would best reflect evidence-based practice by the nurse? ✓✓Correct Answer: Following blood
pressure monitoring recommendations
QUESTION: The nurse is providing care to an ill child and his family. Which activity reflects the use of
the assessment step of the nursing process when providing care for children? ✓✓Correct Answer:
Collecting data about the child and family
QUESTION: A nurse who specializes in maternal and child health care performs many varied
functions in diverse settings over the course of a year. Which action would be outside the nurse's
scope of practice? ✓✓Correct Answer: Assist in the treatment and recovery of a woman with ovarian
cancer.
QUESTION: To decrease childhood mortality, pediatric nurses need to consistently engage in what
activity throughout all age groups? ✓✓Correct Answer: Teach injury prevention and proper safety
practices.
QUESTION: A nurse is teaching women the importance of good nutrition and taking prenatal
vitamins if they are planning pregnancy. Which measure is the nurse performing? ✓✓Correct
Answer: Health promotion
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,QUESTION: What is the effect of low birth weights in babies born in the United States? ✓✓Correct
Answer: Increased infant mortality rates
QUESTION: A nurse is speaking with a client who has just learned that she is pregnant with her first
child. The nurse reads in the client's chart that she does not drink alcohol on a regular basis.
However, the nurse decides to go ahead and warn the client about the dangers of drinking alcohol
while pregnant. Which phase of health care would this action be classified as? ✓✓Correct Answer:
Health promotion
QUESTION: A nurse has just assisted in the birth of a premature neonate. The nurse recognizes that
which factor, when associated with prematurity, is a leading cause of death in neonates? ✓✓Correct
Answer: Low birth weight
QUESTION: When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nurse would include which
concept? ✓✓Correct Answer: People have taken increased responsibility for their own health.
QUESTION: When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nurse would NOT include:
✓✓Correct Answer: People have taken less responsibility for their own health.
QUESTION: An expectant mother has arranged for her massage therapist to provide gentle hand,
arm, and neck massage for the client while she is in labor in the hospital. Which trend in today's
health care environment is most related to this arrangement? ✓✓Correct Answer: Increasing use of
alternative treatment modalities
QUESTION: The nurse works at the local public health office. Which is a major but often overlooked
problem in this setting? ✓✓Correct Answer: Fetal mortality
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,QUESTION: When designing a class on the history of birth and maternal care, which information
would the nurse include in describing care during the 18th century? ✓✓Correct Answer: The
majority of births occurred in the home with female midwives.
QUESTION: In order to advocate for children and families, the nurse must first acknowledge that the
basic system in which health behavior and care are organized, secured, and performed is the:
✓✓Correct Answer: Family.
QUESTION: In 2007 the World Factbook published statistics that showed the United States still
lagged behind other industrialized nations in the incidence of infant mortality. What is one reason
that the United States has a higher infant mortality rate than other countries? ✓✓Correct Answer:
Low birth weight
QUESTION: Which statement correctly defines the term "perinatal death rate"? ✓✓Correct Answer:
Number of deaths from the time the fetus reaches 500 g until 28 days after birth per 1,000 live
births
QUESTION: Asian American women have the lowest risk of infant mortality of all cultural groups.
Which statement best explains this phenomena? ✓✓Correct Answer: Asian American women have
better access to prenatal care.
QUESTION: When integrating the principles of family-centered care into the birthing process, the
nurse would base care upon which belief? ✓✓Correct Answer: Birth results in changes in
relationships.
QUESTION: Which statement made by a nursing student would best indicate that her education on
family-centered care was fully understood? ✓✓Correct Answer: "Childbirth affects the entire family,
and relationships will change."
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, QUESTION: The nurse is caring for a 5-year-old girl with meningitis. What action by the nurse may
be considered ethical behavior? ✓✓Correct Answer: Starting intravenous fluids even though the
child protests
QUESTION: The nurse is functioning in the primary role to care for a 12-year-old boy with metastatic
cancer in the liver. Which activity is typical of advocacy? ✓✓Correct Answer: Educating the family
about choices they have
QUESTION: The nurse knows that the emancipated minor is considered to have the legal capacity of
an adult and may make his or her own health care decisions. Which child would potentially be
considered an emancipated minor? ✓✓Correct Answer: A minor who is pregnant
QUESTION: A client is recovering from a hysterectomy, and the nurse is teaching postoperative
measures for care after being discharged from the hospital. What measure is the nurse performing?
✓✓Correct Answer: Health rehabilitation
QUESTION: The nurse is providing care for a 9-year-old girl who is medically fragile. Which is an
example of the nursing role of collaboration? ✓✓Correct Answer: Informing the team members of
the progress of treatment
QUESTION: A nurse is providing care to a woman during the pueriperium. The nurse understands
that this period encompasses how many weeks after childbirth? (Fill in the blank with a number.)
✓✓Correct Answer: 6
QUESTION: What is the usual maximum time a woman is hospitalized for childbirth? Fill in the blank
with a number. ✓✓Correct Answer: 48
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Complete Guide A+| Latest updated version 2025.
QUESTION: A nurse informs a 19-year-old client that she is pregnant. The client immediately states
that she plans to have an abortion. What would be the most appropriate response from the nurse to
this client? ✓✓Correct Answer: "I'll put together the information that you will need."
QUESTION: The nurse is caring for a 14-year-old girl with multiple health problems. Which activity
would best reflect evidence-based practice by the nurse? ✓✓Correct Answer: Following blood
pressure monitoring recommendations
QUESTION: The nurse is providing care to an ill child and his family. Which activity reflects the use of
the assessment step of the nursing process when providing care for children? ✓✓Correct Answer:
Collecting data about the child and family
QUESTION: A nurse who specializes in maternal and child health care performs many varied
functions in diverse settings over the course of a year. Which action would be outside the nurse's
scope of practice? ✓✓Correct Answer: Assist in the treatment and recovery of a woman with ovarian
cancer.
QUESTION: To decrease childhood mortality, pediatric nurses need to consistently engage in what
activity throughout all age groups? ✓✓Correct Answer: Teach injury prevention and proper safety
practices.
QUESTION: A nurse is teaching women the importance of good nutrition and taking prenatal
vitamins if they are planning pregnancy. Which measure is the nurse performing? ✓✓Correct
Answer: Health promotion
1|Page
,QUESTION: What is the effect of low birth weights in babies born in the United States? ✓✓Correct
Answer: Increased infant mortality rates
QUESTION: A nurse is speaking with a client who has just learned that she is pregnant with her first
child. The nurse reads in the client's chart that she does not drink alcohol on a regular basis.
However, the nurse decides to go ahead and warn the client about the dangers of drinking alcohol
while pregnant. Which phase of health care would this action be classified as? ✓✓Correct Answer:
Health promotion
QUESTION: A nurse has just assisted in the birth of a premature neonate. The nurse recognizes that
which factor, when associated with prematurity, is a leading cause of death in neonates? ✓✓Correct
Answer: Low birth weight
QUESTION: When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nurse would include which
concept? ✓✓Correct Answer: People have taken increased responsibility for their own health.
QUESTION: When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nurse would NOT include:
✓✓Correct Answer: People have taken less responsibility for their own health.
QUESTION: An expectant mother has arranged for her massage therapist to provide gentle hand,
arm, and neck massage for the client while she is in labor in the hospital. Which trend in today's
health care environment is most related to this arrangement? ✓✓Correct Answer: Increasing use of
alternative treatment modalities
QUESTION: The nurse works at the local public health office. Which is a major but often overlooked
problem in this setting? ✓✓Correct Answer: Fetal mortality
2|Page
,QUESTION: When designing a class on the history of birth and maternal care, which information
would the nurse include in describing care during the 18th century? ✓✓Correct Answer: The
majority of births occurred in the home with female midwives.
QUESTION: In order to advocate for children and families, the nurse must first acknowledge that the
basic system in which health behavior and care are organized, secured, and performed is the:
✓✓Correct Answer: Family.
QUESTION: In 2007 the World Factbook published statistics that showed the United States still
lagged behind other industrialized nations in the incidence of infant mortality. What is one reason
that the United States has a higher infant mortality rate than other countries? ✓✓Correct Answer:
Low birth weight
QUESTION: Which statement correctly defines the term "perinatal death rate"? ✓✓Correct Answer:
Number of deaths from the time the fetus reaches 500 g until 28 days after birth per 1,000 live
births
QUESTION: Asian American women have the lowest risk of infant mortality of all cultural groups.
Which statement best explains this phenomena? ✓✓Correct Answer: Asian American women have
better access to prenatal care.
QUESTION: When integrating the principles of family-centered care into the birthing process, the
nurse would base care upon which belief? ✓✓Correct Answer: Birth results in changes in
relationships.
QUESTION: Which statement made by a nursing student would best indicate that her education on
family-centered care was fully understood? ✓✓Correct Answer: "Childbirth affects the entire family,
and relationships will change."
3|Page
, QUESTION: The nurse is caring for a 5-year-old girl with meningitis. What action by the nurse may
be considered ethical behavior? ✓✓Correct Answer: Starting intravenous fluids even though the
child protests
QUESTION: The nurse is functioning in the primary role to care for a 12-year-old boy with metastatic
cancer in the liver. Which activity is typical of advocacy? ✓✓Correct Answer: Educating the family
about choices they have
QUESTION: The nurse knows that the emancipated minor is considered to have the legal capacity of
an adult and may make his or her own health care decisions. Which child would potentially be
considered an emancipated minor? ✓✓Correct Answer: A minor who is pregnant
QUESTION: A client is recovering from a hysterectomy, and the nurse is teaching postoperative
measures for care after being discharged from the hospital. What measure is the nurse performing?
✓✓Correct Answer: Health rehabilitation
QUESTION: The nurse is providing care for a 9-year-old girl who is medically fragile. Which is an
example of the nursing role of collaboration? ✓✓Correct Answer: Informing the team members of
the progress of treatment
QUESTION: A nurse is providing care to a woman during the pueriperium. The nurse understands
that this period encompasses how many weeks after childbirth? (Fill in the blank with a number.)
✓✓Correct Answer: 6
QUESTION: What is the usual maximum time a woman is hospitalized for childbirth? Fill in the blank
with a number. ✓✓Correct Answer: 48
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