Contemporary Maternity Nursing and
Women's Health Care questions and answers
latest in 2025/2026
Birth rate - Answer the number of births per one thousand people annually
what percentage of pregnancies in the US are unplanned? - Answer 50%
What are some examples of barriers to care? - Answer -Cost: a lack of insurance combined with the high
cost of care
-Transportation
-Dependent child care
-Medicaid: not all providers accept this method of payment
What is integrative health care? - Answer includes both complementary and alternative therapies with
western medicine
what percentage of the population uses complementary/alternative therapies? - Answer 40% (most do
not tell their physicians)
Why is prenatal care associated with better outcomes? - Answer -early risk assessment
-identifying behaviors to be avoided
-health promotion behaviors: nutrition, smoking cessation
When is the first appointment usually done during pregnancy? - Answer 9-12 weeks
What is generally done during a first appointment? - Answer transvaginal U/S
crown-rump fetal measurement to guestimate gestation time
gonorrhea/chlamydia screenings
, Physicians as birth providers - Answer either family care providers or OBGYNs. Have high liability due to
expectations of outcomes post-labor. Lawsuits can occur via parents or child
Midwives as birth providers - Answer primary deliverers in European countries
various levels of preparation
Certified nurse midwife - Answer advanced practice nurse (requiring at least a masters degree, but
transitioning to doctorate) with a board certification. Most likely to deliver in a hospital setting and
partnered with a physician
Lay midwife - Answer not necessarily taken a higher level of education, no formal training. generally
deliver in a home setting
Birthing centers - Answer freestanding centers for low risk deliveries. employ nurse midwifes (more
likely certified rather than lay), but could include RNs and other personnel. Emergency occurrences
during labor require transport to a hospital setting
What risks are associated with VBAC? - Answer increased risk of uterine rupture (but occurring less than
1 percent of the time)
which incision via c-section results in no possibility of vaginal births later on? - Answer vertical
what risks are associated with c-sections? - Answer clots
infection
dehiscence
Minimum length of stay for vaginal delivery? - Answer 48 hours
minimum length of stay for c-section delivery? - Answer 96 hours
what was the average length of hospital stay in the 1950s post-delivery? - Answer 10 days
Women's Health Care questions and answers
latest in 2025/2026
Birth rate - Answer the number of births per one thousand people annually
what percentage of pregnancies in the US are unplanned? - Answer 50%
What are some examples of barriers to care? - Answer -Cost: a lack of insurance combined with the high
cost of care
-Transportation
-Dependent child care
-Medicaid: not all providers accept this method of payment
What is integrative health care? - Answer includes both complementary and alternative therapies with
western medicine
what percentage of the population uses complementary/alternative therapies? - Answer 40% (most do
not tell their physicians)
Why is prenatal care associated with better outcomes? - Answer -early risk assessment
-identifying behaviors to be avoided
-health promotion behaviors: nutrition, smoking cessation
When is the first appointment usually done during pregnancy? - Answer 9-12 weeks
What is generally done during a first appointment? - Answer transvaginal U/S
crown-rump fetal measurement to guestimate gestation time
gonorrhea/chlamydia screenings
, Physicians as birth providers - Answer either family care providers or OBGYNs. Have high liability due to
expectations of outcomes post-labor. Lawsuits can occur via parents or child
Midwives as birth providers - Answer primary deliverers in European countries
various levels of preparation
Certified nurse midwife - Answer advanced practice nurse (requiring at least a masters degree, but
transitioning to doctorate) with a board certification. Most likely to deliver in a hospital setting and
partnered with a physician
Lay midwife - Answer not necessarily taken a higher level of education, no formal training. generally
deliver in a home setting
Birthing centers - Answer freestanding centers for low risk deliveries. employ nurse midwifes (more
likely certified rather than lay), but could include RNs and other personnel. Emergency occurrences
during labor require transport to a hospital setting
What risks are associated with VBAC? - Answer increased risk of uterine rupture (but occurring less than
1 percent of the time)
which incision via c-section results in no possibility of vaginal births later on? - Answer vertical
what risks are associated with c-sections? - Answer clots
infection
dehiscence
Minimum length of stay for vaginal delivery? - Answer 48 hours
minimum length of stay for c-section delivery? - Answer 96 hours
what was the average length of hospital stay in the 1950s post-delivery? - Answer 10 days
