TEST BANK FOR SAFE MATERNITY & PEDIATRIC NURSING
CARE SECOND EDITION BY LUANNE LINNARD-PALMER
COMPLETE SOLUTION FOR ALL CHAPTERS.
Question: What term describes factors such as economic stability, access to food, education,
social support systems, housing, neighborhood safety and environment, access to health
insurance, and access to health care?
1) Health-care quality
2) Health disparity
3) Social determinant of health
4) Environmental factor - Answer- Social determinant of health
Question: Which factors should the nurse consider when conducting a cultural assessment?
(Select all that apply.)
1) Social
2) Economic
3) Physical
4) Environmental
5) Psychological - Answer- 1) Social
4) Environmental
Question: A patient is admitted to the labor and delivery unit, and a plan of care based on
that patient's needs is developed by which member of the health-care team?
1. Licensed practical nurse (LPN)/Licensed vocational nurse (LVN)
2) Registered nurse (RN)
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,3) Nurse practitioner
4) Certified nurse midwife - Answer- Registered nurse (RN)
Question: How does a nurse practitioner's role differ from that of a certified nurse midwife
with regard to maternity care?
1) The nurse practitioner does not usually deliver babies but cares for women before and
after delivery.
2) The certified nurse midwife cannot prescribe medications, but a nurse practitioner does
have prescribing privileges.
3) The certified nurse midwife is hired by the hospital, whereas a nurse practitioner practices
independently and does not have hospital privileges.
4) The certified nurse midwife and the nurse practitioner have very similar roles with little
difference between the two. - Answer- The nurse practitioner does not usually deliver babies
but cares for women before and after delivery.
Question: The provider explains the need for an amniocentesis, but the patient declines the
procedure. The nurse supports the patient's right to make this decision, demonstrating an
understanding of which ethical principle?
1) Autonomy
2) Beneficence
3) Nonmaleficence
4) Justice - Answer- Autonomy
Question: The nurse joins a community outreach program to promote vaccination of
children, demonstrating which ethical principle?
1) Autonomy
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,2) Beneficence
3) Nonmaleficence
4) Justice - Answer- Beneficence
Question: The nurse working in an acute care facility makes it a point to never look at the
declaration page showing the patient's insurance or lack of insurance because of a belief
that all patients should be treated equally. This demonstrates which ethical principle?
1) Autonomy
2) Beneficence
3) Nonmaleficence
4) Justice - Answer- Justice
Question: A patient asks the student nurse whether a medication is safe to take during
pregnancy. The student thinks it is an approved medication during pregnancy. Which is the
student's best response?
1) "I'm pretty sure it is a safe medication."
2) "I'm not qualified to answer that question."
3) "I will ask your obstetric provider."
4) "I really don't know." - Answer- "I will ask your obstetric provider."
Question: Which term describes assisting a family to feel supported, listened to, and
competent?
1) Enable
2) Empathy
3) Egocentric
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, 4) Empowerment - Answer- Empowerment
Question: Which action should the nurse implement in order to apply the principles of
family- centered care in the hospital environment?
1) Implementing strict visitation policy for siblings
2) Allowing a child to "cry it out" when parents leave the bedside
3) Encouraging parents to continue bedtime routines, such as reading a story
4) Discouraging cultural foods because they cannot be provided by the dietary department -
Answer- Encouraging parents to continue bedtime routines, such as reading a story
Question: Which anatomical difference between adults and children places a pediatric
patient at risk for insensible losses?
1) Large body surface area
2) Obligatory nose breathing
3) Disproportionate head size
4) Poorly developed intercostal chest muscles - Answer- Large body surface area
Question: Which pediatric anatomical factor increases the risk for respiratory failure when
care is provided to a child?
1) Smaller airway
2) Obligatory nose breathing
3) Large posterior head bone occiput
4) Poorly developed intercostal chest muscles - Answer- Poorly developed intercostal chest
muscles
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CARE SECOND EDITION BY LUANNE LINNARD-PALMER
COMPLETE SOLUTION FOR ALL CHAPTERS.
Question: What term describes factors such as economic stability, access to food, education,
social support systems, housing, neighborhood safety and environment, access to health
insurance, and access to health care?
1) Health-care quality
2) Health disparity
3) Social determinant of health
4) Environmental factor - Answer- Social determinant of health
Question: Which factors should the nurse consider when conducting a cultural assessment?
(Select all that apply.)
1) Social
2) Economic
3) Physical
4) Environmental
5) Psychological - Answer- 1) Social
4) Environmental
Question: A patient is admitted to the labor and delivery unit, and a plan of care based on
that patient's needs is developed by which member of the health-care team?
1. Licensed practical nurse (LPN)/Licensed vocational nurse (LVN)
2) Registered nurse (RN)
1|Page
,3) Nurse practitioner
4) Certified nurse midwife - Answer- Registered nurse (RN)
Question: How does a nurse practitioner's role differ from that of a certified nurse midwife
with regard to maternity care?
1) The nurse practitioner does not usually deliver babies but cares for women before and
after delivery.
2) The certified nurse midwife cannot prescribe medications, but a nurse practitioner does
have prescribing privileges.
3) The certified nurse midwife is hired by the hospital, whereas a nurse practitioner practices
independently and does not have hospital privileges.
4) The certified nurse midwife and the nurse practitioner have very similar roles with little
difference between the two. - Answer- The nurse practitioner does not usually deliver babies
but cares for women before and after delivery.
Question: The provider explains the need for an amniocentesis, but the patient declines the
procedure. The nurse supports the patient's right to make this decision, demonstrating an
understanding of which ethical principle?
1) Autonomy
2) Beneficence
3) Nonmaleficence
4) Justice - Answer- Autonomy
Question: The nurse joins a community outreach program to promote vaccination of
children, demonstrating which ethical principle?
1) Autonomy
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,2) Beneficence
3) Nonmaleficence
4) Justice - Answer- Beneficence
Question: The nurse working in an acute care facility makes it a point to never look at the
declaration page showing the patient's insurance or lack of insurance because of a belief
that all patients should be treated equally. This demonstrates which ethical principle?
1) Autonomy
2) Beneficence
3) Nonmaleficence
4) Justice - Answer- Justice
Question: A patient asks the student nurse whether a medication is safe to take during
pregnancy. The student thinks it is an approved medication during pregnancy. Which is the
student's best response?
1) "I'm pretty sure it is a safe medication."
2) "I'm not qualified to answer that question."
3) "I will ask your obstetric provider."
4) "I really don't know." - Answer- "I will ask your obstetric provider."
Question: Which term describes assisting a family to feel supported, listened to, and
competent?
1) Enable
2) Empathy
3) Egocentric
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, 4) Empowerment - Answer- Empowerment
Question: Which action should the nurse implement in order to apply the principles of
family- centered care in the hospital environment?
1) Implementing strict visitation policy for siblings
2) Allowing a child to "cry it out" when parents leave the bedside
3) Encouraging parents to continue bedtime routines, such as reading a story
4) Discouraging cultural foods because they cannot be provided by the dietary department -
Answer- Encouraging parents to continue bedtime routines, such as reading a story
Question: Which anatomical difference between adults and children places a pediatric
patient at risk for insensible losses?
1) Large body surface area
2) Obligatory nose breathing
3) Disproportionate head size
4) Poorly developed intercostal chest muscles - Answer- Large body surface area
Question: Which pediatric anatomical factor increases the risk for respiratory failure when
care is provided to a child?
1) Smaller airway
2) Obligatory nose breathing
3) Large posterior head bone occiput
4) Poorly developed intercostal chest muscles - Answer- Poorly developed intercostal chest
muscles
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