Contemporary
Maternal Newborn
Nursing with correct
answers 2025/2026
A laboring client is being tended by her mother, older sister, and aunts. The husband is not at
the hospital. The most likely explanation for this, based on an understanding of the client's
culture, is:
A. the husband is angry at his wife.
B. the client and her husband are not legally married.
C. this is the indirect communication of this culture.
D. labor support is to be provided by adult women, not men. - correct answersD. labor support
is to be provided by adult women, not men.
A maternity nurse has been named in a negligence malpractice suit. The best defense against
the accusation of negligence is that the nurse:
1. Followed the physician's written orders.
, 2. Met the AWHONN standards of practice.
3. Is a certified nurse midwife or nurse practitioner.
4. Was acting on the advice of the nurse manager. - correct answers2. Met the AWHONN
standards of practice
Abortion = - correct answersloss or termination before 20 weeks gestation or less than 500g
birth weight
ANA - correct answersAmerican Nurses' Association
Antepartum = - correct answersbefore delivery and labor
AWHONN - correct answersAssociation of Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Calculating Gravida/Para/GTPAL
Mary, now 38 weeks gestation, has 2 living children, one born prematurely, and 3 miscarriages: -
correct answersGRAVIDA 6: PARA 2 -> G6 P2
GTPAL -> G6 T1 P1 A3 L2
or
G6P1132
Gravid = - correct answersstate of being pregnant
Gravida = - correct answersthe number of pregnancies
Intrapartum = - correct answersduring labor and delivery process
Maternal Newborn
Nursing with correct
answers 2025/2026
A laboring client is being tended by her mother, older sister, and aunts. The husband is not at
the hospital. The most likely explanation for this, based on an understanding of the client's
culture, is:
A. the husband is angry at his wife.
B. the client and her husband are not legally married.
C. this is the indirect communication of this culture.
D. labor support is to be provided by adult women, not men. - correct answersD. labor support
is to be provided by adult women, not men.
A maternity nurse has been named in a negligence malpractice suit. The best defense against
the accusation of negligence is that the nurse:
1. Followed the physician's written orders.
, 2. Met the AWHONN standards of practice.
3. Is a certified nurse midwife or nurse practitioner.
4. Was acting on the advice of the nurse manager. - correct answers2. Met the AWHONN
standards of practice
Abortion = - correct answersloss or termination before 20 weeks gestation or less than 500g
birth weight
ANA - correct answersAmerican Nurses' Association
Antepartum = - correct answersbefore delivery and labor
AWHONN - correct answersAssociation of Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Calculating Gravida/Para/GTPAL
Mary, now 38 weeks gestation, has 2 living children, one born prematurely, and 3 miscarriages: -
correct answersGRAVIDA 6: PARA 2 -> G6 P2
GTPAL -> G6 T1 P1 A3 L2
or
G6P1132
Gravid = - correct answersstate of being pregnant
Gravida = - correct answersthe number of pregnancies
Intrapartum = - correct answersduring labor and delivery process
