Maternity and Pediatric Nursing
5th Edition
Author(s)Susan Scott Ricci; Terri Kyle; Susan
Carman
TEST BANK
Reference
Ch. 1 — Introduction
Question Stem
A community health nurse is planning an educational program
to reduce infant mortality in a high-risk neighborhood. Which
approach best reflects a population-level (public health)
strategy rather than an individual-level clinical intervention?
Options
A. Providing in-home lactation support for a mother with a
newborn.
B. Establishing a citywide prenatal smoking-cessation campaign
,with free counseling.
C. Prescribing folic acid to a pregnant woman with a history of
neural-tube defect.
D. Referring a teen mother to a perinatal mental health
counselor.
Correct Answer
B
Rationales
• Correct (B): A citywide smoking-cessation campaign
targets risk factors across the population and addresses
social determinants of health, matching public-health
strategies described in the chapter.
• Incorrect (A): In-home lactation support is an effective
individual clinical service but not a population-level
intervention.
• Incorrect (C): Prescribing folic acid is an individualized
clinical preventive measure.
• Incorrect (D): Referral for counseling is client-centered
clinical care, not a broad public-health campaign.
Teaching Point
Population strategies address risk across communities rather
than single clients.
,Citation
Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024). Maternity and Pediatric
Nursing (5th Ed.). Ch. 1.
2️⃣
Reference
Ch. 1 — Historical Development
Question Stem
While teaching students about the historical development of
maternal–child health care, the instructor emphasizes the
impact of professionalization of nursing. What historical change
best illustrates this shift?
Options
A. Increased home-based midwifery care with informal
apprenticeships.
B. Development of formal nursing education programs and
specialty training in obstetric and pediatric nursing.
C. Reliance on traditional remedies and folk healers for
childbirth.
D. Decrease in hospital births with majority delivered at home.
Correct Answer
B
Rationales
, • Correct (B): The professionalization of nursing included
formal education and specialty training—key historical
changes noted in the chapter.
• Incorrect (A): Home-based apprenticeships reflect pre-
professional practices.
• Incorrect (C): Reliance on folk healers reflects historical
pre-professional eras, not professionalization.
• Incorrect (D): Decreases in hospital births are contrary to
the historical trend toward hospital-based maternity care.
Teaching Point
Formal education and specialty training mark nursing’s
professional evolution.
Citation
Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024). Maternity and Pediatric
Nursing (5th Ed.). Ch. 1.
3️⃣
Reference
Ch. 1 — The History of Maternal and Newborn Health and
Health Care
Question Stem
A nurse educator asks students which historical development
most directly contributed to declines in maternal mortality
5th Edition
Author(s)Susan Scott Ricci; Terri Kyle; Susan
Carman
TEST BANK
Reference
Ch. 1 — Introduction
Question Stem
A community health nurse is planning an educational program
to reduce infant mortality in a high-risk neighborhood. Which
approach best reflects a population-level (public health)
strategy rather than an individual-level clinical intervention?
Options
A. Providing in-home lactation support for a mother with a
newborn.
B. Establishing a citywide prenatal smoking-cessation campaign
,with free counseling.
C. Prescribing folic acid to a pregnant woman with a history of
neural-tube defect.
D. Referring a teen mother to a perinatal mental health
counselor.
Correct Answer
B
Rationales
• Correct (B): A citywide smoking-cessation campaign
targets risk factors across the population and addresses
social determinants of health, matching public-health
strategies described in the chapter.
• Incorrect (A): In-home lactation support is an effective
individual clinical service but not a population-level
intervention.
• Incorrect (C): Prescribing folic acid is an individualized
clinical preventive measure.
• Incorrect (D): Referral for counseling is client-centered
clinical care, not a broad public-health campaign.
Teaching Point
Population strategies address risk across communities rather
than single clients.
,Citation
Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024). Maternity and Pediatric
Nursing (5th Ed.). Ch. 1.
2️⃣
Reference
Ch. 1 — Historical Development
Question Stem
While teaching students about the historical development of
maternal–child health care, the instructor emphasizes the
impact of professionalization of nursing. What historical change
best illustrates this shift?
Options
A. Increased home-based midwifery care with informal
apprenticeships.
B. Development of formal nursing education programs and
specialty training in obstetric and pediatric nursing.
C. Reliance on traditional remedies and folk healers for
childbirth.
D. Decrease in hospital births with majority delivered at home.
Correct Answer
B
Rationales
, • Correct (B): The professionalization of nursing included
formal education and specialty training—key historical
changes noted in the chapter.
• Incorrect (A): Home-based apprenticeships reflect pre-
professional practices.
• Incorrect (C): Reliance on folk healers reflects historical
pre-professional eras, not professionalization.
• Incorrect (D): Decreases in hospital births are contrary to
the historical trend toward hospital-based maternity care.
Teaching Point
Formal education and specialty training mark nursing’s
professional evolution.
Citation
Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024). Maternity and Pediatric
Nursing (5th Ed.). Ch. 1.
3️⃣
Reference
Ch. 1 — The History of Maternal and Newborn Health and
Health Care
Question Stem
A nurse educator asks students which historical development
most directly contributed to declines in maternal mortality
