Test Bank- Women’s Healthcare in Advanced Practice Nursing 3rd Edition ( Ivy M.
Alexander, 2025 ) All Chapters 1-46|| Newest Edition
,TEST BANK
, Chapter 1: Women and Their Health
Test Bank: Women's Health Care in Advanced Practice Nursing, 3RD Edition by Alexander
MULTIPLE CHOICE
(with Answer key at the end of each chapter)
1. The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among industrialized nations for infant
mortality rate. When developing programs to assist in decreasing these rates, which factor wouldmost likely need to
be addressed as having the greatest impact?
A. Resolving all language and cultural differences
B. Assuring early and adequate prenatal care
C. Providing more extensive women’sshelters
D. Encouraging all women to eat a balanceddiet
2. When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nurse would include which of the following?
A. Childbirth is viewed as a procedural event
B. Families are unable to make informed choices
C. Childbirth results in changes in relationships
D. Families require little information to make appropriate decisions
When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-time pregnant women, the nurse expects to review
3. How maternity care has changed over the years. Which of the following would the nurse include when
discussing events of the 20th century?
A. Epidemics of puerperal fever
B. Performance of the first cesarean birth
C. Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size
D. Creation of free-standing birth centers
4. After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-related mortality, the instructor determines that
additional teaching is needed when the students identify which condition as a leading cause?
A. Hemorrhage
B. Embolism
C. Obstructed labor
1
, D. Infection
The nurse is working with a group of community health members to develop a plan to address the special
5. health needs of women. Which of the following conditions would the group address as the major
problem?
A) Smoking
2
Alexander, 2025 ) All Chapters 1-46|| Newest Edition
,TEST BANK
, Chapter 1: Women and Their Health
Test Bank: Women's Health Care in Advanced Practice Nursing, 3RD Edition by Alexander
MULTIPLE CHOICE
(with Answer key at the end of each chapter)
1. The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among industrialized nations for infant
mortality rate. When developing programs to assist in decreasing these rates, which factor wouldmost likely need to
be addressed as having the greatest impact?
A. Resolving all language and cultural differences
B. Assuring early and adequate prenatal care
C. Providing more extensive women’sshelters
D. Encouraging all women to eat a balanceddiet
2. When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nurse would include which of the following?
A. Childbirth is viewed as a procedural event
B. Families are unable to make informed choices
C. Childbirth results in changes in relationships
D. Families require little information to make appropriate decisions
When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-time pregnant women, the nurse expects to review
3. How maternity care has changed over the years. Which of the following would the nurse include when
discussing events of the 20th century?
A. Epidemics of puerperal fever
B. Performance of the first cesarean birth
C. Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size
D. Creation of free-standing birth centers
4. After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-related mortality, the instructor determines that
additional teaching is needed when the students identify which condition as a leading cause?
A. Hemorrhage
B. Embolism
C. Obstructed labor
1
, D. Infection
The nurse is working with a group of community health members to develop a plan to address the special
5. health needs of women. Which of the following conditions would the group address as the major
problem?
A) Smoking
2
