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, 1: Women and Their Health
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Test Bank: Women's Health Care in Advanced Practice Nursing, Second Edition by Alexander
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(with Answer key at the end of each chapter)
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1. The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among industrialized
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nations for infant mortality rate. When developing programs to assist in decreasing these rates, which
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factor wouldmost likely need to be addressed as having the greatest impact?
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A. Resolving all language and cultural differences
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B. Assuring early and adequate prenatal care
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C. Providing more extensive women‘s shelters jh jh jh jh
D. Encouraging all women to eat a balanceddiet jh jh jh jh jh jh
2. When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nurse would include which of the following?
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A. Childbirth is viewed as a procedural event jh jh jh jh jh jh
B. Families are unable to make informed choices
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C. Childbirth results in changes in relationships
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D. Families require little information to make appropriate decisions
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When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-time pregnant women, the nurse expects to review
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3. How maternity care has changed over the years. Which of the following would the nurse include
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A. Epidemics of puerperal fever jh jh jh
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, B. Performance of the first cesarean birth jh jh jh jh jh
C. Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size jh jh jh jh jh jh jh
D. Creation of free-standing birth centers
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4. After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-related mortality, the instructor determines
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that additional teaching is needed when the students identify which condition as a leading
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A. Hemorrhage
B. Embolism
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D. Infection
The nurse is working with a group of community health members to develop a plan to address the special
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5. health needs of women. Which of the following conditions would the group address as the
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major problem?
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A) Smoking
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C) Diabetes
D) Cancer
6. When assessing a family for possible barriers to health care, the nurse would consider which factor to be
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A) Language
B) Health care workers attitudes
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C) Transportation
D) Finances
7. After teaching a group of nursing students about the issue of informed consent. Which of the following,
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if identified by the student, would indicate an understanding of a violation of informed consent?
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A) Performing a procedure on a 15-year-old without consent
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B) Serving as a witness to the signature process
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C) Asking whether the client understands what she is signing
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D) Getting verbal consent over the phone for emergency procedures
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8. The nurse is trying to get consent to care for an 11-year-old boy with diabetic ketoacidosis. His parents
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are out of town on vacation, and the child is staying with a neighbor. Which action would be the
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priority?
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A) Getting telephone consent with two people listening to the verbal consent
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B) Providing emergency care without parental consent
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C) Contacting the childs aunt or uncle to obtain their consent
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D)Advocating for termination of parental rights for this
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