Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
5th Edition
Author(s)Susan Scott Ricci; Terri Kyle; Susan
Carman
TEST BANK
1
Reference: Ch. 1 — Introduction
Question Stem: A community health nurse is planning a
teaching session about how maternal–child healthcare has
changed over time. Which statement best demonstrates
application of the historical perspective in planning current
services?
A. "We should use only hospital-based care because home
births are outdated."
B. "Understanding past maternal mortality trends helps
prioritize screening and community outreach."
,C. "Historical nursing roles aren't relevant to modern practice
and can be ignored."
D. "Only technological innovations from the last decade
determine current maternal care."
Correct Answer: B
Rationales:
• B (Correct): Using historical maternal mortality trends to
guide screening and outreach applies historical knowledge
to current public-health planning and resource allocation.
• A: Overgeneralizes; history shows shifts between home
and hospital care depending on safety, not absolute
exclusion.
• C: Incorrect — historical roles inform scope, advocacy, and
models of care used today.
• D: Narrow focus on technology ignores social, legal, and
public-health factors shaped by history.
Teaching Point: Historical trends guide modern public-
health priorities.
Citation: Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024).
Maternity and Pediatric Nursing (5th Ed.). Ch. 1.
2
Reference: Ch. 1 — Historical Development
Question Stem: While reviewing the evolution of maternal–
newborn nursing, a nurse educator emphasizes
,professionalization milestones. Which activity best
demonstrates professionalization in this history?
A. Increasing informal caregiving in families.
B. Formation of formal training programs and standardized
curricula.
C. Exclusive reliance on traditional midwifery practices.
D. Focusing only on physician-centered care models.
Correct Answer: B
Rationales:
• B (Correct): Establishing formal training and standardized
curricula is a key marker of nursing professionalization and
competency development.
• A: Informal family caregiving is important historically but
does not represent professionalization.
• C: Traditional midwifery is foundational but
professionalization involved formal education and
regulation.
• D: Physician-centered models do not by themselves reflect
nursing professional growth.
Teaching Point: Formal education and standards mark
nursing professionalization.
Citation: Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024).
Maternity and Pediatric Nursing (5th Ed.). Ch. 1.
3
, Reference: Ch. 1 — The History of Maternal and Newborn
Health and Health Care
Question Stem: A nurse preparing a community report wants to
explain how past epidemics influenced newborn care policies.
Which conclusion best demonstrates analysis?
A. "Past epidemics had no effect on newborn care policies."
B. "Lessons from epidemics led to infection-control practices
that shaped neonatal care standards."
C. "Newborn care has always followed the same practices
regardless of epidemics."
D. "Only modern antibiotics changed newborn care; epidemics
were irrelevant."
Correct Answer: B
Rationales:
• B (Correct): Recognizes that epidemic experiences
influenced infection control, surveillance, and policy—an
analytic link between past events and current standards.
• A: Factually unlikely and ignores historical evidence.
• C: Overlooks documented shifts in practice driven by
disease outbreaks.
• D: Minimizes role of public-health responses and
nonpharmacologic measures developed after epidemics.
Teaching Point: Epidemics historically shaped infection-
control policies in newborn care.
Citation: Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024).
Maternity and Pediatric Nursing (5th Ed.). Ch. 1.
5th Edition
Author(s)Susan Scott Ricci; Terri Kyle; Susan
Carman
TEST BANK
1
Reference: Ch. 1 — Introduction
Question Stem: A community health nurse is planning a
teaching session about how maternal–child healthcare has
changed over time. Which statement best demonstrates
application of the historical perspective in planning current
services?
A. "We should use only hospital-based care because home
births are outdated."
B. "Understanding past maternal mortality trends helps
prioritize screening and community outreach."
,C. "Historical nursing roles aren't relevant to modern practice
and can be ignored."
D. "Only technological innovations from the last decade
determine current maternal care."
Correct Answer: B
Rationales:
• B (Correct): Using historical maternal mortality trends to
guide screening and outreach applies historical knowledge
to current public-health planning and resource allocation.
• A: Overgeneralizes; history shows shifts between home
and hospital care depending on safety, not absolute
exclusion.
• C: Incorrect — historical roles inform scope, advocacy, and
models of care used today.
• D: Narrow focus on technology ignores social, legal, and
public-health factors shaped by history.
Teaching Point: Historical trends guide modern public-
health priorities.
Citation: Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024).
Maternity and Pediatric Nursing (5th Ed.). Ch. 1.
2
Reference: Ch. 1 — Historical Development
Question Stem: While reviewing the evolution of maternal–
newborn nursing, a nurse educator emphasizes
,professionalization milestones. Which activity best
demonstrates professionalization in this history?
A. Increasing informal caregiving in families.
B. Formation of formal training programs and standardized
curricula.
C. Exclusive reliance on traditional midwifery practices.
D. Focusing only on physician-centered care models.
Correct Answer: B
Rationales:
• B (Correct): Establishing formal training and standardized
curricula is a key marker of nursing professionalization and
competency development.
• A: Informal family caregiving is important historically but
does not represent professionalization.
• C: Traditional midwifery is foundational but
professionalization involved formal education and
regulation.
• D: Physician-centered models do not by themselves reflect
nursing professional growth.
Teaching Point: Formal education and standards mark
nursing professionalization.
Citation: Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024).
Maternity and Pediatric Nursing (5th Ed.). Ch. 1.
3
, Reference: Ch. 1 — The History of Maternal and Newborn
Health and Health Care
Question Stem: A nurse preparing a community report wants to
explain how past epidemics influenced newborn care policies.
Which conclusion best demonstrates analysis?
A. "Past epidemics had no effect on newborn care policies."
B. "Lessons from epidemics led to infection-control practices
that shaped neonatal care standards."
C. "Newborn care has always followed the same practices
regardless of epidemics."
D. "Only modern antibiotics changed newborn care; epidemics
were irrelevant."
Correct Answer: B
Rationales:
• B (Correct): Recognizes that epidemic experiences
influenced infection control, surveillance, and policy—an
analytic link between past events and current standards.
• A: Factually unlikely and ignores historical evidence.
• C: Overlooks documented shifts in practice driven by
disease outbreaks.
• D: Minimizes role of public-health responses and
nonpharmacologic measures developed after epidemics.
Teaching Point: Epidemics historically shaped infection-
control policies in newborn care.
Citation: Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024).
Maternity and Pediatric Nursing (5th Ed.). Ch. 1.
