Test Bank – Maternity and Women’s Health
Care, 13th Edition by Lowdermilk, 2026
,Table of contents
Chapter 1: 21st Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing
Chapter 2: Community Care: The Family and Culture
Chapter 3: Nursing and Genomics
Chapter 4: Assessment and Health Promotion
Chapter 5: Violence Against Women
Chapter 6: Reproductive System Concerns
Chapter 7: Sexually Transmitted and Other Infections
Chapter 8: Contraception and Abortion
Chapter 9: Infertility
Chapter 10: Problems of the Breast
Chapter 11: Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive
System
Chapter 12: Conception and Fetal Development
Chapter 13: Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy
Chapter 14: Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy
Chapter 15: Maternal and Fetal Nutrition
Chapter 16: Labor and Birth Processes
Chapter 17: Maximizing Comfort for the Laboring Woman
Chapter 18: Fetal Assessment During Labor
Chapter 19: Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth
Chapter 20: Postpartum Physiologic Changes
Chapter 21: Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period
Chapter 22: Trition to Parenthood
Chapter 23: Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn
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,Chapter 24: Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family
Chapter 25: Newborn Nutrition and Feeding
Chapter 26: Assessment of High Risk Pregnancy
Chapter 27: Hypertensive Disorders
Chapter 28: Hemorrhagic Disorders
Chapter 29: Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
Chapter 30: Medical-Surgical Disorders
Chapter 31: Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse
Chapter 32: Labor and Birth Complications
Chapter 33: Postpartum Complications
Chapter 34: Nursing Care of the High Risk Newborn
Chapter 35: Acquired Problems of the Newborn
Chapter 36: Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies
Chapter 37: Perinatal Loss, Bereavement, and Grief
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, TEST BANK FOR Maternity and Women's HealthCare
13th Edition All Chapters With Rationales
Chapter 01: 21st Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing
Lowdermilk: Maternity & Women’s Health Care, 12th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. In evaluating the level of a pregnant woman’s risk of having a low-birth-
weight (LBW) infant, which factor is the most important for the nurse to
consider?
a. African-American race
b. Cigarette smoking
c. Poor nutritional status
d. Limited maternal education
Answer: A
The rise in the overall LBW rates were due to increases in LBW births to non-
Hispanic black women (13.35%) and Hispanic women (7.21%); non-Hispanic
black infants are almost twice as likely as non-Hispanic white infants to be of
LBW and to die in the first year of life.. Race is a nonmodifiable risk factor.
Cigarette smoking is an important factor in potential infant mortality rates,
but it is not the most important. Additionally, smoking is a modifiable risk
factor. Poor nutrition is an important factor in potential infant mortality rates,
but it is not the most important. Additionally, nutritional status is a
modifiable risk factor. Maternal education is an important factor in potential
infant mortality rates, but it is not the most important. Additionally, maternal
education is a modifiable risk factor.
Care, 13th Edition by Lowdermilk, 2026
,Table of contents
Chapter 1: 21st Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing
Chapter 2: Community Care: The Family and Culture
Chapter 3: Nursing and Genomics
Chapter 4: Assessment and Health Promotion
Chapter 5: Violence Against Women
Chapter 6: Reproductive System Concerns
Chapter 7: Sexually Transmitted and Other Infections
Chapter 8: Contraception and Abortion
Chapter 9: Infertility
Chapter 10: Problems of the Breast
Chapter 11: Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive
System
Chapter 12: Conception and Fetal Development
Chapter 13: Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy
Chapter 14: Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy
Chapter 15: Maternal and Fetal Nutrition
Chapter 16: Labor and Birth Processes
Chapter 17: Maximizing Comfort for the Laboring Woman
Chapter 18: Fetal Assessment During Labor
Chapter 19: Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth
Chapter 20: Postpartum Physiologic Changes
Chapter 21: Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period
Chapter 22: Trition to Parenthood
Chapter 23: Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn
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,Chapter 24: Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family
Chapter 25: Newborn Nutrition and Feeding
Chapter 26: Assessment of High Risk Pregnancy
Chapter 27: Hypertensive Disorders
Chapter 28: Hemorrhagic Disorders
Chapter 29: Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
Chapter 30: Medical-Surgical Disorders
Chapter 31: Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse
Chapter 32: Labor and Birth Complications
Chapter 33: Postpartum Complications
Chapter 34: Nursing Care of the High Risk Newborn
Chapter 35: Acquired Problems of the Newborn
Chapter 36: Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies
Chapter 37: Perinatal Loss, Bereavement, and Grief
3
, TEST BANK FOR Maternity and Women's HealthCare
13th Edition All Chapters With Rationales
Chapter 01: 21st Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing
Lowdermilk: Maternity & Women’s Health Care, 12th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. In evaluating the level of a pregnant woman’s risk of having a low-birth-
weight (LBW) infant, which factor is the most important for the nurse to
consider?
a. African-American race
b. Cigarette smoking
c. Poor nutritional status
d. Limited maternal education
Answer: A
The rise in the overall LBW rates were due to increases in LBW births to non-
Hispanic black women (13.35%) and Hispanic women (7.21%); non-Hispanic
black infants are almost twice as likely as non-Hispanic white infants to be of
LBW and to die in the first year of life.. Race is a nonmodifiable risk factor.
Cigarette smoking is an important factor in potential infant mortality rates,
but it is not the most important. Additionally, smoking is a modifiable risk
factor. Poor nutrition is an important factor in potential infant mortality rates,
but it is not the most important. Additionally, nutritional status is a
modifiable risk factor. Maternal education is an important factor in potential
infant mortality rates, but it is not the most important. Additionally, maternal
education is a modifiable risk factor.
