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1. The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among industrialized nations for inf
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need to be addressed as having the greatest impact?
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A. Resolving all language and cultural differences st st st st st
B. Assuring early and adequate prenatal care st st st st st
C. Providing more extensive women’s shelters st st st st
D. Encouraging all women to eat a balanceddiet st st st st st st
2. Whenintegrating 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 st st st st st st
B. Families are unable to make informed choices st st st st st st
C. Childbirth results in changes in relationships st st st st st
D. Familiesrequire little information to make appropriate decisions st st st st st st st
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 when disc
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ussing events of the 20th century?
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A. Epidemics of puerperal fever st st st
B. Performance of the first cesarean birth st st st st st
C. Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size st st st st st st st
D. Creation of free-standing birth centers st st st st
4. After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-
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related mortality, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students identi
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fy which condition as a leading cause?
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5. health needs of women. Which of the following conditions would the group address as the major pro
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B) Health care workers attitudes st st st
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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-
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old boy with diabetic ketoacidosis. His parents are out of town on vacation, and the child is staying with a neighbo
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the past several centuries. When discussing the changes during the past century, which of the
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