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NSG 432/ NSG432 GCU | Final Exam | Nursing
Care of the Childbearing Family | Qs & As|
Grade A| 100% Correct | (2025/ 2026 Update)
1. A newly graduated nurse is attempting to understand the
reason for increasing health care spending in the United States.
Her research finds that these costs are much higher compared
with other developed countries as a result of a higher rate of
obesity among pregnant women. limited access to technology.
increased usage of health care services along with lower prices.
homogeneity of the population.: ANS: A
Health care is one of the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy.
Currently,
17.7% of the gross domestic product is spent on health care. Higher
spending in the United States compared with 12 other industrialized
countries is related to higher prices and readily accessible technology
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along with greater obesity rates among women. More than one third of
women in the United States are obese. Of the
U.S. population, 8.5% is uninsured and has limited access to health care.
Maternal morbidity and mortality are directly related to racial
disparities.
2. The nurse's care of a Hispanic family includes teaching about
infant care. When developing a plan of care, the nurse bases
interventions on the knowledge that in traditional Hispanic
families
a. breastfeeding is encouraged immediately after birth.
b. male infants typically are circumcised.
c. the maternal grandmother participates in the care of the mother
and her infant.
d. special herbs mixed in water are used to stimulate the passage of
meconi-um.: ANS: C
In Hispanic families, the expectant mother is influenced strongly by her
mother or mother-in-law. Breastfeeding often is delayed until the third
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postpartum day. Hispanic male infants usually are not circumcised. Olive
or castor oil may be given to stimulate the passage of meconium.
3. The process by which people retain some of their own
culture while adopting the practices of the dominant society
is known as a. acculturation.
b. assimilation.
c. ethnocentrism.
d. cultural relativism.: ANS: A
Acculturation is the process by which people retain some of their own
culture while adopting the practices of the dominant society. This
process takes place over the course of generations. Assimilation is a loss
of cultural identity. Ethnocentrism is the belief in the superiority of
one's own culture over the cultures of others. Cultural relativism
recognizes the roles of different cultures.
4. The two primary functions of the ovaries are
a. normal female development and sex hormone release.
b. ovulation and internal pelvic support.
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c. sexual response and ovulation.
d. ovulation and hormone production.: ANS: D
The two functions of the ovaries are ovulation and hormone production.
The presence of ovaries does not guarantee normal female
development. The ovaries produce estrogen, progesterone, and
androgen. Ovulation is the release of a mature ovum from the ovary; the
ovaries are not responsible for internal pelvic support. Sexual response
is a feedback mechanism involving the hypothalamus, anterior pituitary
gland, and the ovaries. Ovulation does occur in the ovaries.
which hormone is responsible for the maturation of mammary
gland tissue?: progesterone
e. Because of the effect of cyclic ovarian changes on the breast,
the best time for breast self-examination (BSE) is a. 5 to 7 days
after menses ceases.
b. Day 1 of the endometrial cycle.
c. mid-menstrual cycle.
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NSG 432
NSG 432/ NSG432 GCU | Final Exam | Nursing
Care of the Childbearing Family | Qs & As|
Grade A| 100% Correct | (2025/ 2026 Update)
1. A newly graduated nurse is attempting to understand the
reason for increasing health care spending in the United States.
Her research finds that these costs are much higher compared
with other developed countries as a result of a higher rate of
obesity among pregnant women. limited access to technology.
increased usage of health care services along with lower prices.
homogeneity of the population.: ANS: A
Health care is one of the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy.
Currently,
17.7% of the gross domestic product is spent on health care. Higher
spending in the United States compared with 12 other industrialized
countries is related to higher prices and readily accessible technology
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along with greater obesity rates among women. More than one third of
women in the United States are obese. Of the
U.S. population, 8.5% is uninsured and has limited access to health care.
Maternal morbidity and mortality are directly related to racial
disparities.
2. The nurse's care of a Hispanic family includes teaching about
infant care. When developing a plan of care, the nurse bases
interventions on the knowledge that in traditional Hispanic
families
a. breastfeeding is encouraged immediately after birth.
b. male infants typically are circumcised.
c. the maternal grandmother participates in the care of the mother
and her infant.
d. special herbs mixed in water are used to stimulate the passage of
meconi-um.: ANS: C
In Hispanic families, the expectant mother is influenced strongly by her
mother or mother-in-law. Breastfeeding often is delayed until the third
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postpartum day. Hispanic male infants usually are not circumcised. Olive
or castor oil may be given to stimulate the passage of meconium.
3. The process by which people retain some of their own
culture while adopting the practices of the dominant society
is known as a. acculturation.
b. assimilation.
c. ethnocentrism.
d. cultural relativism.: ANS: A
Acculturation is the process by which people retain some of their own
culture while adopting the practices of the dominant society. This
process takes place over the course of generations. Assimilation is a loss
of cultural identity. Ethnocentrism is the belief in the superiority of
one's own culture over the cultures of others. Cultural relativism
recognizes the roles of different cultures.
4. The two primary functions of the ovaries are
a. normal female development and sex hormone release.
b. ovulation and internal pelvic support.
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c. sexual response and ovulation.
d. ovulation and hormone production.: ANS: D
The two functions of the ovaries are ovulation and hormone production.
The presence of ovaries does not guarantee normal female
development. The ovaries produce estrogen, progesterone, and
androgen. Ovulation is the release of a mature ovum from the ovary; the
ovaries are not responsible for internal pelvic support. Sexual response
is a feedback mechanism involving the hypothalamus, anterior pituitary
gland, and the ovaries. Ovulation does occur in the ovaries.
which hormone is responsible for the maturation of mammary
gland tissue?: progesterone
e. Because of the effect of cyclic ovarian changes on the breast,
the best time for breast self-examination (BSE) is a. 5 to 7 days
after menses ceases.
b. Day 1 of the endometrial cycle.
c. mid-menstrual cycle.
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