TEST BANK FOR INTRODUCTION TO MATERNITY &
PEDIATRIC NURSING, 4TH EDITION BY GLORIA LEIFER
COMPLETE TEST GUIDE A+ | 2025/2026.
MULTIPLE CHOICES
1. A patient chooses to have the certified nurse midwife (CNM) provide care during her
pregnancy. What does the CNMs scope of practice include? - Correct Ans ✓✓ scope of
practice include?
a. Practice independent from medical supervision
b. Comprehensive prenatal care
c. Attendance at all deliveries
d. Cesarean sections
ANS: B
Question 2. Which medical pioneer discovered the relationship between the incidence of
puerperal fever and unwashed hands - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Karl Cred
b. Ignaz Semmelweis
c. Louis Pasteur
d. Joseph Lister
ANS: B
Question 5. What is the focus of current maternity practice? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Hospital
births for the majority of women
b. The traditional family unit
c. Separation of labor rooms from delivery rooms
d. A quality family experience for each patient
ANS: D
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, Question 6. Who advocated the establishment of the Childrens Bureau? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a.
Lillian Wald
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Florence Kelly
d. Clara Barton
ANS: A
Question 9. What guidelines define multidisciplinary patient care in terms of expected
outcome and timeframe from different areas of care provision - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Clinical
pathways
b. Nursing outcome criteria
c. Standards of care
d. Nursing care plan
ANS: A
Question 11. A nursing student on an obstetric rotation questions the floor nurse about the
definition of the LVN/LPN scope of practice. What resource can the nurse suggest to the
studen - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. American Nurses Association
b. States board of nursing
c. Joint Commission
d. Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
ANS: B
Question 12. What was recommended by Karl Cred in 1884? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. All women
should be delivered in a hospital setting.
b. Chemical means should be used to combat infection.
c. Podalic version should be done on all fetuses.
d. Silver nitrate should be placed in the eyes of newborns.
ANS: D
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,Question 13. What is the purpose of the White House Conference on Children and Youth? -
Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Set criteria for normal growth patterns.
b. Examine the number of live births in minority populations.
c. Raise money to support well-child clinics in rural areas.
d. Promote comprehensive child welfare.
ANS: D
Question 15. How does the clinical pathway or critical pathway improve quality of care?15.
How does the clinical pathway or critical pathway improve quality of care?15. How does the
clinical pathway or critical pathway improve quality of care? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Lists
diagnosis-specific implementations
b. Outlines expected progress with stated timelines
c. Prioritizes effective nursing diagnoses
d. Describes common complications
ANS: B
Question 20. The nurse reminds family members that the philosophy of family-centered
care is to provide control to the family over health care decisions. What is the appropriate
term for this type of control? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Empowerment
b. Insight
c. Regulation
d. Organization
ANS: A
Question 22. What term appropriately describes the nurse who is able to adapt health care
practices to meet the needs of various cultures? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Culturally aware
b. Culturally sensitive
c. Culturally competent
d. Culturally adaptive
ANS: C
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, Question 23. What is one major advantage to the application of critical thinking? - Correct
Ans ✓✓ a. Problem-free care
b. Limitation of approaches to care
c. Decreased need for assessment
d. Problem prevention
ANS: D
Question 24. Student practical nurses are discussing the North American Nursing Diagnosis
Association International (NANDA-I) taxonomy in post conference on the acute care clinical
setting. The students are aware that the role of the LPN with nursing diagnosis formulation is
what? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. To initiate and identify nursing diagnosis specific to patient
b. To update changes in nursing diagnosis as needed
c. To have an understanding of nursing diagnosis terminology
d. To accurately document nursing diagnosis on patient plan of care
ANS: C
Question 29. An inservice program at a long-term care facility is reviewing the Nursing
Outcomes Classification (NOC) with nursing staff. After the presentation the nurses review
resident care plans. Which of the following are found to be appropriately written outcomes?
(Select all that apply.) - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Suction patient orally every 4 hours and as
needed.
b. Auscultate lung sounds every 2 hours.
c. Provide Tylenol as ordered by health care provider.
d. Patient states Pain has decreased after medication administration.
e. Patient blood pressure recorded as 120/72 after dressing change.
ANS: D, E
Question 32. A community health nurse is providing specialized care to patients in the home
setting. What kind of specialized care may this nurse be providing? (Select all that apply.) -
Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Glucose monitoring
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PEDIATRIC NURSING, 4TH EDITION BY GLORIA LEIFER
COMPLETE TEST GUIDE A+ | 2025/2026.
MULTIPLE CHOICES
1. A patient chooses to have the certified nurse midwife (CNM) provide care during her
pregnancy. What does the CNMs scope of practice include? - Correct Ans ✓✓ scope of
practice include?
a. Practice independent from medical supervision
b. Comprehensive prenatal care
c. Attendance at all deliveries
d. Cesarean sections
ANS: B
Question 2. Which medical pioneer discovered the relationship between the incidence of
puerperal fever and unwashed hands - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Karl Cred
b. Ignaz Semmelweis
c. Louis Pasteur
d. Joseph Lister
ANS: B
Question 5. What is the focus of current maternity practice? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Hospital
births for the majority of women
b. The traditional family unit
c. Separation of labor rooms from delivery rooms
d. A quality family experience for each patient
ANS: D
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, Question 6. Who advocated the establishment of the Childrens Bureau? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a.
Lillian Wald
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Florence Kelly
d. Clara Barton
ANS: A
Question 9. What guidelines define multidisciplinary patient care in terms of expected
outcome and timeframe from different areas of care provision - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Clinical
pathways
b. Nursing outcome criteria
c. Standards of care
d. Nursing care plan
ANS: A
Question 11. A nursing student on an obstetric rotation questions the floor nurse about the
definition of the LVN/LPN scope of practice. What resource can the nurse suggest to the
studen - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. American Nurses Association
b. States board of nursing
c. Joint Commission
d. Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
ANS: B
Question 12. What was recommended by Karl Cred in 1884? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. All women
should be delivered in a hospital setting.
b. Chemical means should be used to combat infection.
c. Podalic version should be done on all fetuses.
d. Silver nitrate should be placed in the eyes of newborns.
ANS: D
Page 2 of 32
,Question 13. What is the purpose of the White House Conference on Children and Youth? -
Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Set criteria for normal growth patterns.
b. Examine the number of live births in minority populations.
c. Raise money to support well-child clinics in rural areas.
d. Promote comprehensive child welfare.
ANS: D
Question 15. How does the clinical pathway or critical pathway improve quality of care?15.
How does the clinical pathway or critical pathway improve quality of care?15. How does the
clinical pathway or critical pathway improve quality of care? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Lists
diagnosis-specific implementations
b. Outlines expected progress with stated timelines
c. Prioritizes effective nursing diagnoses
d. Describes common complications
ANS: B
Question 20. The nurse reminds family members that the philosophy of family-centered
care is to provide control to the family over health care decisions. What is the appropriate
term for this type of control? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Empowerment
b. Insight
c. Regulation
d. Organization
ANS: A
Question 22. What term appropriately describes the nurse who is able to adapt health care
practices to meet the needs of various cultures? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Culturally aware
b. Culturally sensitive
c. Culturally competent
d. Culturally adaptive
ANS: C
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, Question 23. What is one major advantage to the application of critical thinking? - Correct
Ans ✓✓ a. Problem-free care
b. Limitation of approaches to care
c. Decreased need for assessment
d. Problem prevention
ANS: D
Question 24. Student practical nurses are discussing the North American Nursing Diagnosis
Association International (NANDA-I) taxonomy in post conference on the acute care clinical
setting. The students are aware that the role of the LPN with nursing diagnosis formulation is
what? - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. To initiate and identify nursing diagnosis specific to patient
b. To update changes in nursing diagnosis as needed
c. To have an understanding of nursing diagnosis terminology
d. To accurately document nursing diagnosis on patient plan of care
ANS: C
Question 29. An inservice program at a long-term care facility is reviewing the Nursing
Outcomes Classification (NOC) with nursing staff. After the presentation the nurses review
resident care plans. Which of the following are found to be appropriately written outcomes?
(Select all that apply.) - Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Suction patient orally every 4 hours and as
needed.
b. Auscultate lung sounds every 2 hours.
c. Provide Tylenol as ordered by health care provider.
d. Patient states Pain has decreased after medication administration.
e. Patient blood pressure recorded as 120/72 after dressing change.
ANS: D, E
Question 32. A community health nurse is providing specialized care to patients in the home
setting. What kind of specialized care may this nurse be providing? (Select all that apply.) -
Correct Ans ✓✓ a. Glucose monitoring
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