Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
5th Edition
• Author(s)Susan Scott Ricci; Terri Kyle; Susan Carman
• PublisherPublished by Wolters Kluwer Health Copyright©
2025
• Print ISBN: 9781975220419
TEST BANK
1. Chapter 1, Introduction
Stem: A clinic nurse is designing an education session
about the lifespan approach to maternal and child
health for new nursing students. Which statement
best describes the lifespan approach?
A. Focuses only on care during pregnancy and the
first year of life.
B. Emphasizes health promotion and disease
prevention across all ages.
C. Prioritizes acute care of infants over prevention
strategies.
D. Limits services to women of reproductive age.
Correct Answer: B
,Rationales — Correct:
B. The lifespan approach emphasizes promoting
health and preventing disease across all ages,
recognizing that early life and family influences affect
health throughout life (Chapter evidence).
Incorrect:
A. Too narrow — the lifespan approach extends
beyond infancy and pregnancy.
C. Incorrect — acute care is part of practice but not
the primary emphasis of the lifespan model.
D. Incorrect — services span infants, children,
adolescents, adults, and families, not only
reproductive-age women.
Teaching Point: Promote health and prevention across
the entire lifespan.
Citation: Chapter 1, Introduction — Maternity and
Pediatric Nursing, 5th Ed. LWW Official Store
2. Chapter 1, Historical Development
Stem: A student asks why history is important for
understanding current maternal-child nursing
practice. The best faculty reply is:
A. History is mainly of academic interest with little
, practical relevance.
B. Historical trends explain how current roles,
policies, and outcomes developed.
C. Modern nursing rejects all historical practices as
outdated.
D. Only technological advances from history matter
to current care.
Correct Answer: B
Rationales — Correct:
B. Historical trends illuminate how current
professional roles, health systems, and maternal-
child outcomes evolved and inform present
practices.
Incorrect:
A. Incorrect — history has practical relevance for
policy and practice.
C. Incorrect — modern nursing builds on useful
historical practices while discarding harmful ones.
D. Incorrect — history includes social, legal, and
cultural changes, not only technology.
Teaching Point: History explains the origins of current
roles, policies, and outcomes.
Citation: Chapter 1, Historical Development —
, Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, 5th Ed. LWW
Official Store
3. Chapter 1, The History of Maternal and Newborn
Health and Health Care
Stem: A community health nurse explains changes in
maternal care over centuries. Which historical
change had the largest impact on reducing
postpartum infections?
A. Increased home births attended by family.
B. Introduction of antiseptic practices and hospital
sanitation.
C. Decline of formal midwifery training.
D. Elimination of prenatal care.
Correct Answer: B
Rationales — Correct:
B. Introduction of antiseptic techniques, hand
hygiene, and hospital sanitation markedly reduced
puerperal infections and maternal mortality
historically.
Incorrect:
A. Incorrect — while home births were common
historically, they did not reduce infection compared
5th Edition
• Author(s)Susan Scott Ricci; Terri Kyle; Susan Carman
• PublisherPublished by Wolters Kluwer Health Copyright©
2025
• Print ISBN: 9781975220419
TEST BANK
1. Chapter 1, Introduction
Stem: A clinic nurse is designing an education session
about the lifespan approach to maternal and child
health for new nursing students. Which statement
best describes the lifespan approach?
A. Focuses only on care during pregnancy and the
first year of life.
B. Emphasizes health promotion and disease
prevention across all ages.
C. Prioritizes acute care of infants over prevention
strategies.
D. Limits services to women of reproductive age.
Correct Answer: B
,Rationales — Correct:
B. The lifespan approach emphasizes promoting
health and preventing disease across all ages,
recognizing that early life and family influences affect
health throughout life (Chapter evidence).
Incorrect:
A. Too narrow — the lifespan approach extends
beyond infancy and pregnancy.
C. Incorrect — acute care is part of practice but not
the primary emphasis of the lifespan model.
D. Incorrect — services span infants, children,
adolescents, adults, and families, not only
reproductive-age women.
Teaching Point: Promote health and prevention across
the entire lifespan.
Citation: Chapter 1, Introduction — Maternity and
Pediatric Nursing, 5th Ed. LWW Official Store
2. Chapter 1, Historical Development
Stem: A student asks why history is important for
understanding current maternal-child nursing
practice. The best faculty reply is:
A. History is mainly of academic interest with little
, practical relevance.
B. Historical trends explain how current roles,
policies, and outcomes developed.
C. Modern nursing rejects all historical practices as
outdated.
D. Only technological advances from history matter
to current care.
Correct Answer: B
Rationales — Correct:
B. Historical trends illuminate how current
professional roles, health systems, and maternal-
child outcomes evolved and inform present
practices.
Incorrect:
A. Incorrect — history has practical relevance for
policy and practice.
C. Incorrect — modern nursing builds on useful
historical practices while discarding harmful ones.
D. Incorrect — history includes social, legal, and
cultural changes, not only technology.
Teaching Point: History explains the origins of current
roles, policies, and outcomes.
Citation: Chapter 1, Historical Development —
, Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, 5th Ed. LWW
Official Store
3. Chapter 1, The History of Maternal and Newborn
Health and Health Care
Stem: A community health nurse explains changes in
maternal care over centuries. Which historical
change had the largest impact on reducing
postpartum infections?
A. Increased home births attended by family.
B. Introduction of antiseptic practices and hospital
sanitation.
C. Decline of formal midwifery training.
D. Elimination of prenatal care.
Correct Answer: B
Rationales — Correct:
B. Introduction of antiseptic techniques, hand
hygiene, and hospital sanitation markedly reduced
puerperal infections and maternal mortality
historically.
Incorrect:
A. Incorrect — while home births were common
historically, they did not reduce infection compared
