Introduction to maternity nursing:
Reproduction and the antepartum questions
and 100% verified answers 2025/2026
A young mother with an ill child tells the visiting nurse that she belongs to the Christian Scientist
religious group and will not seek medical attention for the child. Which statement best reflects the
mother's religion's beliefs about health?
A. Illness is an opportunity to develop the soul with no treatment sought.
B. Healing will come through prayer and spiritual regeneration only.
C. Fasting will establish health back to normal.
D. Illness comes from the violating dietary restrictions, and no treatment will be sought. - Answer B.
Christian Scientists view disease of error of the human mind that can be dispelled by spiritual truth.
The nurse is caring for a five year old hispanic boy and his family. Which action best demonstrates
cultural competence?
A. Promoting good medicine over prayers
B. Checking with the father to approve care
C. Coordinating care through the mother
D. Discouraging use of complementary modalities - Answer C. In hispanic families, the mother makes the
decisions about health care, so all care should be coordinated through her.
A prenatal nurse is developing a plan of care for an African American woman who is at 34 weeks's
gestation and visting the community health clinic for the first time. Which factor would be a priority for
the nurse to incorporate into the plan of care?
A. The client's socioeconomic status
B. The ethnicity of the client
C. The client's level of formal education
D. The client's marital status - Answer B. In the U.S., African American women suffer maternal mortality
ratios far higher than any other ethnic group, about three to four times higher.
A client 6 hours post birth, has a severe postpartum hemorrhage that the health care providers are
unable to control. She succumbed to the hemorrhage in the ICU. Which statistic would her death
become part of?
, A. Maternal mortality rate
B. Neonatal mortality rate
C. Maternal morbidity rate
D. Neonatal morbidity rate - Answer A. The maternal mortality ratios is the annual number of deaths
from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management. Morbidity refers to diseases.
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?
A. "I'll put together the information that you will need."
B. "Are you sure you want to do that?"
C. "Have you notified the father?"
D. " I don't know of any doctors who will perform them." - Answer A. The nurse should not respond to
this client with any judgement or biased information. If the nurse has an ethical issue with this
procedure she should address it with her managers, not the client.
The nurse is providing care to a pregnant woman who speaks a different language form that of the
nurse. When communicating with this client, the nurse demonstrates best practice by which action?
A. Standing close to the client while using a strong emphatic tone
B. Arranging for an interpreter to be present during any communication
C. Speaking to the client in a loud voice at a slow pace
D. Having a family member communicate the information to the client - Answer B. The nurse should
arrange for an interpreter when communicating with a client who speaks another language.
The nurse teaching an introductory preconception health class includes discussion on the health of the
U.S. Which statement made by the participants would best indicate an understanding of the content?
A. "Healthy People 2020 data is used to measure health in the U.S."
B. "The infant mortality rate is the barometer of the country's overall health."
C. "The perinatal mortality rate is the barometer of the country's overall health."
D. "Women's Health Indicators are the basis of measuring health in the U.S." - Answer B. The infant
mortality rate is used as an index of general health of a country. Generally, this statistic is one of the
most significant measures of children's health.
Reproduction and the antepartum questions
and 100% verified answers 2025/2026
A young mother with an ill child tells the visiting nurse that she belongs to the Christian Scientist
religious group and will not seek medical attention for the child. Which statement best reflects the
mother's religion's beliefs about health?
A. Illness is an opportunity to develop the soul with no treatment sought.
B. Healing will come through prayer and spiritual regeneration only.
C. Fasting will establish health back to normal.
D. Illness comes from the violating dietary restrictions, and no treatment will be sought. - Answer B.
Christian Scientists view disease of error of the human mind that can be dispelled by spiritual truth.
The nurse is caring for a five year old hispanic boy and his family. Which action best demonstrates
cultural competence?
A. Promoting good medicine over prayers
B. Checking with the father to approve care
C. Coordinating care through the mother
D. Discouraging use of complementary modalities - Answer C. In hispanic families, the mother makes the
decisions about health care, so all care should be coordinated through her.
A prenatal nurse is developing a plan of care for an African American woman who is at 34 weeks's
gestation and visting the community health clinic for the first time. Which factor would be a priority for
the nurse to incorporate into the plan of care?
A. The client's socioeconomic status
B. The ethnicity of the client
C. The client's level of formal education
D. The client's marital status - Answer B. In the U.S., African American women suffer maternal mortality
ratios far higher than any other ethnic group, about three to four times higher.
A client 6 hours post birth, has a severe postpartum hemorrhage that the health care providers are
unable to control. She succumbed to the hemorrhage in the ICU. Which statistic would her death
become part of?
, A. Maternal mortality rate
B. Neonatal mortality rate
C. Maternal morbidity rate
D. Neonatal morbidity rate - Answer A. The maternal mortality ratios is the annual number of deaths
from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management. Morbidity refers to diseases.
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?
A. "I'll put together the information that you will need."
B. "Are you sure you want to do that?"
C. "Have you notified the father?"
D. " I don't know of any doctors who will perform them." - Answer A. The nurse should not respond to
this client with any judgement or biased information. If the nurse has an ethical issue with this
procedure she should address it with her managers, not the client.
The nurse is providing care to a pregnant woman who speaks a different language form that of the
nurse. When communicating with this client, the nurse demonstrates best practice by which action?
A. Standing close to the client while using a strong emphatic tone
B. Arranging for an interpreter to be present during any communication
C. Speaking to the client in a loud voice at a slow pace
D. Having a family member communicate the information to the client - Answer B. The nurse should
arrange for an interpreter when communicating with a client who speaks another language.
The nurse teaching an introductory preconception health class includes discussion on the health of the
U.S. Which statement made by the participants would best indicate an understanding of the content?
A. "Healthy People 2020 data is used to measure health in the U.S."
B. "The infant mortality rate is the barometer of the country's overall health."
C. "The perinatal mortality rate is the barometer of the country's overall health."
D. "Women's Health Indicators are the basis of measuring health in the U.S." - Answer B. The infant
mortality rate is used as an index of general health of a country. Generally, this statistic is one of the
most significant measures of children's health.
