Test Bank for Maternity and Pediatric Nursing 8th Edition
Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
Absence of sperm - ✔✔Absence of sperm in ejaculate does
not characterize nocturnal emissions.
Agility - ✔✔The ability to move quickly and easily, which may
vary between genders.
Alveoli - ✔✔The alveoli secrete milk.
Amniotic fluid and fetal movement - ✔✔Allows buoyancy,
symmetrical growth, and fetal movement.
Amniotic fluid as a cushion - ✔✔Acts as a cushion for the
fetus.
Amniotic fluid temperature maintenance - ✔✔The amniotic
fluid provides maintenance of even temperature.
Amniotic fluid volume increase - ✔✔The volume of amniotic
fluid steadily increases from about 30 mL at 10 weeks of
pregnancy to 350 mL at 20 weeks.
,Anteroposterior - ✔✔The platypelloid pelvis is very narrow
from front to back, referred to as anteroposterior.
Appropriately written outcomes - ✔✔Examples include
patient stating pain has decreased after medication
administration and patient blood pressure recorded as 120/72
after dressing change.
Assessment data - ✔✔Information collected to inform nursing
diagnoses and interventions.
Assessment of blood pressure - ✔✔An important step before
notifying the physician about potential complications.
Assessment of food intake - ✔✔The initial action for a nurse
when a patient shows significant weight gain.
Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
- ✔✔A professional organization for nurses in women's health
and neonatal care.
,Assumptions in Critical Thinking - ✔✔Critical thinking does not
involve assumption as does general thinking.
Auscultate lung sounds - ✔✔To be done every 2 hours.
Avid horse rider - ✔✔A person who frequently rides horses,
which may pose risks during pregnancy.
Bar mitzvah - ✔✔A Jewish coming-of-age ceremony for boys
at age 13.
Birth weight of monozygotic twins - ✔✔Frequently below
average due to inadequate placental nutrition.
Birthing centers - ✔✔Capable of providing full-service
obstetric care, classes for new mothers, and family planning,
but do not offer adoption services.
Birthing centers services - ✔✔Services provided by birthing
centers include prenatal care, labor and delivery services, and
classes for new mothers.
, Blastocyst - ✔✔A hollow ball of cells that forms after the
morula stage.
Bone marrow blood cell formation - ✔✔Bone marrow takes
over blood cell formation at 29 weeks of gestation.
Breast milk - ✔✔Provides maternal antibodies to the infant
that give the child acquired immunity from some diseases for
several months.
Breast size and milk production - ✔✔Breast size does not
influence the ability to secrete milk.
Breastfeeding - ✔✔The nurse encourages members of a
prenatal class to consider breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding concerns - ✔✔Milk is produced in ducts and
lobules regardless of breast size.
Breastfeeding supplementation - ✔✔Supplementing
breastfeeding with formula allows the infant to receive
adequate nutrition.
Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
Absence of sperm - ✔✔Absence of sperm in ejaculate does
not characterize nocturnal emissions.
Agility - ✔✔The ability to move quickly and easily, which may
vary between genders.
Alveoli - ✔✔The alveoli secrete milk.
Amniotic fluid and fetal movement - ✔✔Allows buoyancy,
symmetrical growth, and fetal movement.
Amniotic fluid as a cushion - ✔✔Acts as a cushion for the
fetus.
Amniotic fluid temperature maintenance - ✔✔The amniotic
fluid provides maintenance of even temperature.
Amniotic fluid volume increase - ✔✔The volume of amniotic
fluid steadily increases from about 30 mL at 10 weeks of
pregnancy to 350 mL at 20 weeks.
,Anteroposterior - ✔✔The platypelloid pelvis is very narrow
from front to back, referred to as anteroposterior.
Appropriately written outcomes - ✔✔Examples include
patient stating pain has decreased after medication
administration and patient blood pressure recorded as 120/72
after dressing change.
Assessment data - ✔✔Information collected to inform nursing
diagnoses and interventions.
Assessment of blood pressure - ✔✔An important step before
notifying the physician about potential complications.
Assessment of food intake - ✔✔The initial action for a nurse
when a patient shows significant weight gain.
Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
- ✔✔A professional organization for nurses in women's health
and neonatal care.
,Assumptions in Critical Thinking - ✔✔Critical thinking does not
involve assumption as does general thinking.
Auscultate lung sounds - ✔✔To be done every 2 hours.
Avid horse rider - ✔✔A person who frequently rides horses,
which may pose risks during pregnancy.
Bar mitzvah - ✔✔A Jewish coming-of-age ceremony for boys
at age 13.
Birth weight of monozygotic twins - ✔✔Frequently below
average due to inadequate placental nutrition.
Birthing centers - ✔✔Capable of providing full-service
obstetric care, classes for new mothers, and family planning,
but do not offer adoption services.
Birthing centers services - ✔✔Services provided by birthing
centers include prenatal care, labor and delivery services, and
classes for new mothers.
, Blastocyst - ✔✔A hollow ball of cells that forms after the
morula stage.
Bone marrow blood cell formation - ✔✔Bone marrow takes
over blood cell formation at 29 weeks of gestation.
Breast milk - ✔✔Provides maternal antibodies to the infant
that give the child acquired immunity from some diseases for
several months.
Breast size and milk production - ✔✔Breast size does not
influence the ability to secrete milk.
Breastfeeding - ✔✔The nurse encourages members of a
prenatal class to consider breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding concerns - ✔✔Milk is produced in ducts and
lobules regardless of breast size.
Breastfeeding supplementation - ✔✔Supplementing
breastfeeding with formula allows the infant to receive
adequate nutrition.
