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NURSING MCKINNEY: EVOLVE RESOURCES FOR MATERNAL-CHILD
NURSING, 5TH EDITION
Chapter 01: Foundations of Maternity, Women‘s Health, and Child Health
Nursing McKinney: Evolve Resources for Maternal-Child Nursing, 5th
Edition
MULTIPLE
CHOICE
Which factor significantly contributed to the shift from home births to hospital
births in the early 20th century?
a. Puerperal sepsis was identified as a risk factor in labor and
delivery.
b. Forceps were developed to facilitate difficult births.
c. The importance of early parental-infant contact was
identified.
d. Technologic developments became available to physicians.
ANSWER: D
Technologic developments were available to physicians, not lay midwives. So in-
hospital births increased in order to take advantage of these advancements.
Puerperal sepsis has been a known problem for generations. In the late 19th
century, Semmelweis discovered how it could be prevented with improved
hygienic practices. The development of forceps is an example of a technology
advance made in the early 20th century but is not the only reason birthplaces
moved. Unlike home births, early hospital births hindered bonding between
parents and their infants.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Knowledge/RememberingREF: p. 1 OBJ: Integrated
Process: Teaching-Learning MSC: Client Needs: Safe and
Effective Care Environment
A woman who delivered her baby 6 hours ago complains of headache and
dizziness. The nurse administers an analgesic but does not perform any
assessments. The woman then has a tonic-clonic seizure, falls out of bed, and
fractures her femur. How would the actions of the nurse be interpreted in
relation to standards of care?
a. Negligent: the nurse failed to assess the woman for possible
complications
b. Negligent: because the nurse medicated the woman
c. Not negligent: the woman had signed a waiver concerning the use of
side rails
d. Not negligent: the woman did not inform the nurse of her symptoms
as soon as
they occurred
ANSWER: A
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There are four elements to malpractice, which is negligence in the performance
of professional duties: duty, breach of duty, damage, and proximate cause. The
nurse was negligent because she or he did not perform any assessments, which
is the first step of the nursing process and is a standard of care. By not
assessing the patient, the nurse did not meet established standards of care, and
thus is guilty of professional negligence, or malpractice.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Knowledge/RememberingREF: p. 16 OBJ: Nursing
Process: Evaluation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Which patient situation fails to meet the first requirement of informed consent?
a. The patient does not understand the physician‘s explanations.
b. The physician gives the patient only a partial list of possible side
effects and
complications.
c. The patient is confused and disoriented.
d. The patient signs a consent form because her husband tells her to.
ANSWER: C
The first requirement of informed consent is that the patient must be competent
to make decisions about health care. Full disclosure of information is an
important element of the consent, but first the patient has to be competent to
sign. Understanding is an important element of the consent, but first the patient
has to be competent to sign. Voluntary consent is an important element of the
consent, but first the patient has to be competent to sign.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Knowledge/RememberingREF: p. 17 OBJ: Nursing
Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Which situation reflects a potential ethical dilemma for the nurse?
a. A nurse administers analgesics to a patient with cancer as often as the
provider‘s
order allows.
b. A neonatal nurse provides nourishment and care to a newborn who has
a defect
that is incompatible with life.
c. A labor nurse, whose religion opposes abortion, is asked to assist with
an elective
abortion.
d. A postpartum nurse provides information about adoption to a new
mother who
feels she cannot adequately care for her infant.
ANSWER: C
A dilemma exists in this situation because the nurse is being asked to assist
with a procedure that she or he believes is morally wrong. The other situations
NURSING MCKINNEY: EVOLVE RESOURCES FOR MATERNAL-CHILD
NURSING, 5TH EDITION
TEST BANK FOR
FOUNDATIONS OF
MATERNITY,
WOMEN‘S HEALTH,
AND CHILD
HEALTH NURSING :
EVOLVE
RESOURCES FOR
MATERNAL-CHILD
NURSING, 5TH
EDITION
,: FOUNDATIONS OF MATERNITY, WOMEN‘S HEALTH, AND CHILD HEALTH
NURSING MCKINNEY: EVOLVE RESOURCES FOR MATERNAL-CHILD
NURSING, 5TH EDITION
Chapter 01: Foundations of Maternity, Women‘s Health, and Child Health
Nursing McKinney: Evolve Resources for Maternal-Child Nursing, 5th
Edition
MULTIPLE
CHOICE
Which factor significantly contributed to the shift from home births to hospital
births in the early 20th century?
a. Puerperal sepsis was identified as a risk factor in labor and
delivery.
b. Forceps were developed to facilitate difficult births.
c. The importance of early parental-infant contact was
identified.
d. Technologic developments became available to physicians.
ANSWER: D
Technologic developments were available to physicians, not lay midwives. So in-
hospital births increased in order to take advantage of these advancements.
Puerperal sepsis has been a known problem for generations. In the late 19th
century, Semmelweis discovered how it could be prevented with improved
hygienic practices. The development of forceps is an example of a technology
advance made in the early 20th century but is not the only reason birthplaces
moved. Unlike home births, early hospital births hindered bonding between
parents and their infants.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Knowledge/RememberingREF: p. 1 OBJ: Integrated
Process: Teaching-Learning MSC: Client Needs: Safe and
Effective Care Environment
A woman who delivered her baby 6 hours ago complains of headache and
dizziness. The nurse administers an analgesic but does not perform any
assessments. The woman then has a tonic-clonic seizure, falls out of bed, and
fractures her femur. How would the actions of the nurse be interpreted in
relation to standards of care?
a. Negligent: the nurse failed to assess the woman for possible
complications
b. Negligent: because the nurse medicated the woman
c. Not negligent: the woman had signed a waiver concerning the use of
side rails
d. Not negligent: the woman did not inform the nurse of her symptoms
as soon as
they occurred
ANSWER: A
,: FOUNDATIONS OF MATERNITY, WOMEN‘S HEALTH, AND CHILD HEALTH
NURSING MCKINNEY: EVOLVE RESOURCES FOR MATERNAL-CHILD
NURSING, 5TH EDITION
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NURSING MCKINNEY: EVOLVE RESOURCES FOR MATERNAL-CHILD
NURSING, 5TH EDITION
There are four elements to malpractice, which is negligence in the performance
of professional duties: duty, breach of duty, damage, and proximate cause. The
nurse was negligent because she or he did not perform any assessments, which
is the first step of the nursing process and is a standard of care. By not
assessing the patient, the nurse did not meet established standards of care, and
thus is guilty of professional negligence, or malpractice.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Knowledge/RememberingREF: p. 16 OBJ: Nursing
Process: Evaluation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Which patient situation fails to meet the first requirement of informed consent?
a. The patient does not understand the physician‘s explanations.
b. The physician gives the patient only a partial list of possible side
effects and
complications.
c. The patient is confused and disoriented.
d. The patient signs a consent form because her husband tells her to.
ANSWER: C
The first requirement of informed consent is that the patient must be competent
to make decisions about health care. Full disclosure of information is an
important element of the consent, but first the patient has to be competent to
sign. Understanding is an important element of the consent, but first the patient
has to be competent to sign. Voluntary consent is an important element of the
consent, but first the patient has to be competent to sign.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level:
Knowledge/RememberingREF: p. 17 OBJ: Nursing
Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Which situation reflects a potential ethical dilemma for the nurse?
a. A nurse administers analgesics to a patient with cancer as often as the
provider‘s
order allows.
b. A neonatal nurse provides nourishment and care to a newborn who has
a defect
that is incompatible with life.
c. A labor nurse, whose religion opposes abortion, is asked to assist with
an elective
abortion.
d. A postpartum nurse provides information about adoption to a new
mother who
feels she cannot adequately care for her infant.
ANSWER: C
A dilemma exists in this situation because the nurse is being asked to assist
with a procedure that she or he believes is morally wrong. The other situations
