Maternity and Pediatric Nursing Exam
Verified Questions With Correct
Answers
\.A patient chooses to have the certified nurse-midwife (CNM) provide care during her
pregnancy. What does the CNM's scope of practice include?
Comprehensive prenatal care
\.A pregnant woman who has recently immigrated to the United States comments to the
nurse, "I am afraid of childbirth. It is so dangerous. I am afraid I will die." What is the best
nursing response reflecting cultural sensitivity?
"Tell me why you are afraid of childbirth."
\.What is the focus of current maternity practice?
A quality family experience for each patient
\.What government program was implemented to increase the educational exposure of
preschool children?
Head Start
\.What guidelines define multidisciplinary patient care in terms of expected outcome and
timeframe from different areas of care provision?
Nursing care plan
\.A nursing student has reviewed a hospitalized pediatric patient chart, interviewed her
mother, and collected admission data. What is the next step the student will take to develop a
nursing care plan for this child?
Determine appropriate nursing diagnoses.
\.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 student?
State's Board of Nursing
,\.How many hours of hospital stay does legislation currently allow for a postpartum patient
who has delivered vaginally without complications?
48
\.How does the clinical pathway or critical pathway improve quality of care?
Outlines expected progress with stated timelines
\.The nurse is clarifying information to a patient regarding diagnosis-related groups (DRGs).
What is the nurse's best response when the patient asks how DRGs reduce medical care
costs?
By determining payment based on diagnosis
\.How does electronic charting ensure comprehensive charting more effectively than
handwritten charting?
. Requires certain responses before allowing the user to progress.
\.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?
Empowerment
\.A patient in the prenatal clinic is concerned about losing her job because of her pregnancy.
The nurse instructs her that the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows an employee to be
absent from work without pay. How many weeks does the FMLA allow a woman to recover
from childbirth or care for a sick family member without loss of benefits or pay status?
12 weeks
\.What term appropriately describes the nurse who is able to adapt health care practices to
meet the needs of various cultures?
Culturally competent
\.What is one major advantage to the application of critical thinking?
problem prevention
\.What services are birthing centers able to provide? (Select all that apply.)
Prenatal care
Labor and delivery services
, Classes for new mothers
Family planning
\.What developments in the early 20th century encouraged women to seek hospitalization for
childbirth? (Select all that apply.)
Use of specialized obstetric instruments
Use of anesthesia
Physicians' closer relationships with hospitals
\.What non-family-centered policies were prevalent in the 1960s? (Select all that apply.)
Waiting room for fathers
Sedation of mother during labor
Delay of reunion of mother and infant Restrictions of visitations by minor children
\.What factors have played a role in meeting the goals of Healthy People 2030 as it relates the
goals for outcomes of pregnancy? (Select all that apply.)
Early prenatal care
NICU care
Use of prenatal glucocorticoids
Fetal surgery
\.A 14-year-old boy is at the pediatric clinic for a checkup. What physical changes of puberty
will the nurse indicate are related to the production of testosterone?
Increase in muscle mass and strength
\.The nurse is educating high school students about puberty. What will the nurse indicate
regulates the production of sperm and secretion hormones?
testes
\.When describing the female reproductive tract to a pregnant woman, the nurse would
explain that which uterine layer is involved in implantation?
endometrium
\.The endometrium is the inner mucosal layer of the uterus that is governed by cyclical
hormonal changes. It is functional during
menstruation and during the implantation of a fertilized ovum.
\.A group of nursing students plans to teach a class of sixth-grade girls about menstruation.
What correct information will the nursing students teach to the class?
Verified Questions With Correct
Answers
\.A patient chooses to have the certified nurse-midwife (CNM) provide care during her
pregnancy. What does the CNM's scope of practice include?
Comprehensive prenatal care
\.A pregnant woman who has recently immigrated to the United States comments to the
nurse, "I am afraid of childbirth. It is so dangerous. I am afraid I will die." What is the best
nursing response reflecting cultural sensitivity?
"Tell me why you are afraid of childbirth."
\.What is the focus of current maternity practice?
A quality family experience for each patient
\.What government program was implemented to increase the educational exposure of
preschool children?
Head Start
\.What guidelines define multidisciplinary patient care in terms of expected outcome and
timeframe from different areas of care provision?
Nursing care plan
\.A nursing student has reviewed a hospitalized pediatric patient chart, interviewed her
mother, and collected admission data. What is the next step the student will take to develop a
nursing care plan for this child?
Determine appropriate nursing diagnoses.
\.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 student?
State's Board of Nursing
,\.How many hours of hospital stay does legislation currently allow for a postpartum patient
who has delivered vaginally without complications?
48
\.How does the clinical pathway or critical pathway improve quality of care?
Outlines expected progress with stated timelines
\.The nurse is clarifying information to a patient regarding diagnosis-related groups (DRGs).
What is the nurse's best response when the patient asks how DRGs reduce medical care
costs?
By determining payment based on diagnosis
\.How does electronic charting ensure comprehensive charting more effectively than
handwritten charting?
. Requires certain responses before allowing the user to progress.
\.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?
Empowerment
\.A patient in the prenatal clinic is concerned about losing her job because of her pregnancy.
The nurse instructs her that the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows an employee to be
absent from work without pay. How many weeks does the FMLA allow a woman to recover
from childbirth or care for a sick family member without loss of benefits or pay status?
12 weeks
\.What term appropriately describes the nurse who is able to adapt health care practices to
meet the needs of various cultures?
Culturally competent
\.What is one major advantage to the application of critical thinking?
problem prevention
\.What services are birthing centers able to provide? (Select all that apply.)
Prenatal care
Labor and delivery services
, Classes for new mothers
Family planning
\.What developments in the early 20th century encouraged women to seek hospitalization for
childbirth? (Select all that apply.)
Use of specialized obstetric instruments
Use of anesthesia
Physicians' closer relationships with hospitals
\.What non-family-centered policies were prevalent in the 1960s? (Select all that apply.)
Waiting room for fathers
Sedation of mother during labor
Delay of reunion of mother and infant Restrictions of visitations by minor children
\.What factors have played a role in meeting the goals of Healthy People 2030 as it relates the
goals for outcomes of pregnancy? (Select all that apply.)
Early prenatal care
NICU care
Use of prenatal glucocorticoids
Fetal surgery
\.A 14-year-old boy is at the pediatric clinic for a checkup. What physical changes of puberty
will the nurse indicate are related to the production of testosterone?
Increase in muscle mass and strength
\.The nurse is educating high school students about puberty. What will the nurse indicate
regulates the production of sperm and secretion hormones?
testes
\.When describing the female reproductive tract to a pregnant woman, the nurse would
explain that which uterine layer is involved in implantation?
endometrium
\.The endometrium is the inner mucosal layer of the uterus that is governed by cyclical
hormonal changes. It is functional during
menstruation and during the implantation of a fertilized ovum.
\.A group of nursing students plans to teach a class of sixth-grade girls about menstruation.
What correct information will the nursing students teach to the class?
