CHAP 1 INTRO TO MATERNITY AND
PEDIATRIC NURSING EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
What is maternity nursing? - ANS providing care from puberty to menopause
What is included in maternity nursing? - ANS prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum
care, newborn care, neonatal intensive care, women's health, & infertility care
What is pediatric nursing? - ANS caring for children (and their families) between birth to 18
years of age in a variety of settings (acute, chronic, critical, ect)
What are the roles of the pediatric nurse? - ANS Fostering family-centered care (family unit-
based care focusing on partnerships and collaboration)
• Educating families in the prevention of common injuries and accidents across childhood
• Providing health promotion through education, screening, and prevention measures
• Teaching principles of anticipatory guidance and expected behaviors for developmental stages
• Providing for care during acute illnesses or exacerbations of chronic conditions
• Providing community-based nursing care focused on communities and client groups
• Providing complex care coordination for children with multiple morbidities
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, • Advocating for the child when families are unable to secure necessary care
• Providing death and dying care and symptom management at the end of life
What is the role of the certified nursing assistant (CNA) in maternity and pediatric nursing? -
ANS assists with patient care (such as nutrition, dressing and movement) and functions under
the direct supervision of a licensed nurse, advanced practice RN, NP, physician's assistant, or
physician
What is the role of the LPN in maternity and pediatric nursing? - ANS assists with preparation
of the childbearing female for pregnancy and delivery while functioning under the direction of
an RN, NP, MD, or CNM
What is the role of the RN in maternity and pediatric nursing? - ANS assesses, plans, and
provides care to include teaching, monitoring the pregnancy through delivery, and providing
postpartum and newborn care
What is the role of the NP in maternity and pediatric nursing? - ANS an advanced practice
nurse that can prescribe medications and has an emphasis on contraception, infertility
problems, pre-pregnancy care, pregnancy care, postpartum care, lactation problems, newborn
care, menopause care, and children across the developmental period
What is the role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in maternity and pediatric nursing? -
ANS master level educated nurse with a focus on education, management, and research that
works alongside nurses providing education and support
What is the role of the certified nurse midwife (CNM) in maternity and pediatric nursing? -
ANS a masters or doctorate educated nurse that prescribes medications, provides care
through pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum, and has hospital privileges to deliver babies
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PEDIATRIC NURSING EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
What is maternity nursing? - ANS providing care from puberty to menopause
What is included in maternity nursing? - ANS prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum
care, newborn care, neonatal intensive care, women's health, & infertility care
What is pediatric nursing? - ANS caring for children (and their families) between birth to 18
years of age in a variety of settings (acute, chronic, critical, ect)
What are the roles of the pediatric nurse? - ANS Fostering family-centered care (family unit-
based care focusing on partnerships and collaboration)
• Educating families in the prevention of common injuries and accidents across childhood
• Providing health promotion through education, screening, and prevention measures
• Teaching principles of anticipatory guidance and expected behaviors for developmental stages
• Providing for care during acute illnesses or exacerbations of chronic conditions
• Providing community-based nursing care focused on communities and client groups
• Providing complex care coordination for children with multiple morbidities
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, • Advocating for the child when families are unable to secure necessary care
• Providing death and dying care and symptom management at the end of life
What is the role of the certified nursing assistant (CNA) in maternity and pediatric nursing? -
ANS assists with patient care (such as nutrition, dressing and movement) and functions under
the direct supervision of a licensed nurse, advanced practice RN, NP, physician's assistant, or
physician
What is the role of the LPN in maternity and pediatric nursing? - ANS assists with preparation
of the childbearing female for pregnancy and delivery while functioning under the direction of
an RN, NP, MD, or CNM
What is the role of the RN in maternity and pediatric nursing? - ANS assesses, plans, and
provides care to include teaching, monitoring the pregnancy through delivery, and providing
postpartum and newborn care
What is the role of the NP in maternity and pediatric nursing? - ANS an advanced practice
nurse that can prescribe medications and has an emphasis on contraception, infertility
problems, pre-pregnancy care, pregnancy care, postpartum care, lactation problems, newborn
care, menopause care, and children across the developmental period
What is the role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in maternity and pediatric nursing? -
ANS master level educated nurse with a focus on education, management, and research that
works alongside nurses providing education and support
What is the role of the certified nurse midwife (CNM) in maternity and pediatric nursing? -
ANS a masters or doctorate educated nurse that prescribes medications, provides care
through pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum, and has hospital privileges to deliver babies
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