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1. Chapter 01: 21st Century Ma- ANS: A
ternity and Women's
Health For African-American births, the incidence of LBW infants is
twice that of Caucasian births. Race is a nonmodifiable
1. To assess a mother's risk factor.
risk of having a low-birth-
weight (LBW) infant, Cigarette smoking is an important factor in potential
what is the infant mor-
most important factor for the tality rates, but it is not the most important.
Additionally, smoking
nurse to consider? is a modifiable risk factor.
a. African-American race Poor nutrition is an important factor in potential infant
b. Cigarette smoking mortality rates, but it is not the most important. Additionally,
c. Poor nutritional status nutritional status is a modifiable risk factor.
d. Limited maternal
educa- tion Maternal education is an important factor in potential
infant mortality rates, but it is not the most
important. Additionally, maternal education is a
2. 2. What is the primary modifiable risk factor.
role
of practicing nurses in the ANS: C
re- search process?
When problems are identified, research can be properly
a. Designing research
con- ducted. Research of health care issues leads to
stud-
ies evidence-based practice guidelines. Designing research
studies is only one fac-
b. Collecting data for other re- tor of the research process. Data collection is
another factor of
searchers support research studies
c. Identifying
researchable problems
d. Seeking funding to
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research. Financial support is necessary to role of the nurse in the research process.
conduct research, but it is not the primary
3. 3. The nurse should be aware ANS: B
that a statistic widely used to
compare the health status City, county, and state health departments provide
of different populations annual re- ports of births and deaths. Maternal and
is the: infant death rates are
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particularly important because they reflect health outcomes
a. Incidence of specific
that may be preventable. Infant mortality continues to be
in- fections, such as
a concern in all populations.
acquired
immunodeficiency AIDS and tuberculosis may be the target of research
syndrome (AIDS) and studies; however, maternal and infant mortality rates are
tuberculosis particularly im- portant in the evaluation of the health of a
b. Infant mortality rate population.
c. Maternal morbidity
rate The number of maternal deaths in the United States is
d. Incidence of small; however, worldwide many women die each year
low-birth-weight (LBW) in- from problems related to pregnancy and childbirth.
fants
The incidence of LBW infants is monitored in order to
determine risk factors such as racial disparity. It is not as
widely used as infant mortality.
ANS: C
4. 4. Alternative and
comple- mentary City, county, and state health departments provide
therapies: annual re- ports of births and deaths. Maternal and
infant death rates are particularly important because they
a. Replace conventional reflect health outcomes that may be preventable. Infant
Western modalities of mortality continues to be a concern in all populations.
treat- ment
b. Are used by only a
small
number of American
adults
c. Allow for more client auton- Alternative and complementary therapies are part of
an integra-
omy dis- ease an individual is experi-
d. Focus primarily on the encing
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tive approach to health care.
An increasing number of American adults are
seeking alternative and complementary
health care options.
Alternative healing modalities otter a holistic
approach to health, focusing on the whole
person and not just the disease.
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