Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing
8th Edition
By Sharon Smith Murray, MSN, RN
Emily Slone McKinney, MSN, RN, C
Susan A. Johnson, MSN, APRN, WHNP-BC
Overview
This Test Bank for *Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 8th
Edition* provides a comprehensive collection of NCLEX®-style questions designed to
enhance learning and support exam preparation. Each question is accompanied by detailed
rationales to strengthen critical thinking, clinical judgment, and application of core concepts in
maternal-newborn and women’s health nursing. The resource covers essential topics such as
prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum management, newborn health, and women’s
reproductive health across the lifespan.
Prepared for Academic Use
Elsevier | Saunders
,TEST BANK
Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing 8th Edition by
Sharon Murray, Emily McKinney, Karen S. Holub, Renee Jones, and Kristin L. Scheffer
TEST BANK
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Clinical Judgement and the Nursing Process 1
Chapter 02 Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues 8
Chapter 03 Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology 21
Chapter 04 Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing 28
Chapter 05 Conception and Prenatal Development 36
Chapter 06 Maternal Adaptations to Pregnancy 43
Chapter 07 Antepartum Assessment, Care, and Education 55
Chapter 08 Nutrition for Childbearing 65
Chapter 09 Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Assessment During the Antepartum Period 76
Chapter 10 Complications of Pregnancy 87
Chapter 11 The Childbearing Family with Special Needs 106
Chapter 12 Processes of Birth 113
Chapter 13 Pain Management During Childbirth 126
Chapter 14 Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance 140
Chapter 15 Nursing Care During Labor and Birth 153
Chapter 16 Intrapartum Complications 172
Chapter 17 Postpartum Adaptations and Nursing Care 186
Chapter 18 Postpartum Maternal Complications 202
Chapter 19 Critical Care Obstetrics 215
Chapter 20 Normal Newborn-Processes of Adaptation 219
Chapter 21 Assessment of the Normal Newborn 228
Chapter 22 Care of the Normal Newborn 238
Chapter 23 Infant Feeding 253
Chapter 24 High-Risk Newborn Complications Associated with Gestational Age and
Development 265
Chapter 25 High-Risk Newborn-Acquired and Congenital Conditions 273
Chapter 26 Family Planning 280
Chapter 27 Infertility 289
Chapter 28 Women’s Health 294
, Chapter 01: Clinical Judgement and the Nursing Process
Foundations of Maternal-Newborn & Women’s Health Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nurse educator is teaching a group of nursing students about the history of family-centered
maternity care. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching session?
a. The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 promoted family-centered care.
b. Changes in pharmacologic management of labor prompted family-centered care.
c. Demands by physicians for family involvement in childbirth increased the practice
of family-centered care.
d. Parental requests that infants be allowed to remain with them rather than in a
nursery initiated the practice of family-centered care.
ANS: D
As research began to identify the benefits of early, extended parent–infant contact, parents
began to insist that the infant remain with them. This gradually developed into the practice of
rooming-in and finally to family-centered maternity care. The Sheppard-Towner Act provided
funds for state-managed programs for mothers and children but did not promote
family-centered care. The changes in pharmacologic management of labor were not a factor in
family-centered maternity care. Family-centered care was a request by parents, not physicians.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: Patient Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. Expectant parents ask a prenatal nurse educator, “Which setting for childbirth limits the
amount of parent–infant interaction?” Which answer should the nurse provide for these
parents in order to assist them in choosing an appropriate birth setting?
a. Birth center
b. Home birth
c. Traditional hospital birth
d. Labor, birth, and recovery room
ANS: C
In the traditional hospital setting, the mother may see the infant for only short feeding periods,
and the infant is cared for in a separate nursery. Birth centers are set up to allow an increase in
parent–infant contact. Home births allow the greatest amount of parent–infant contact. The
labor, birth, recovery, and postpartum room setting allows for increased parent–infant contact.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding OBJ: Nursing Process Step: Planning
MSC: Patient Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. Which statement best describes the advantage of a labor, birth, recovery, and postpartum
(LDRP) room?
a. The family is in a familiar environment.
b. They are less expensive than traditional hospital rooms.
c. The infant is removed to the nursery to allow the mother to rest.
d. The woman’s support system is encouraged to stay until discharge.
ANS: D
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