PN 3 Exam 1 Practice Questions with
Accurate Solutions 2025/2026
Updated.
The certified nurse-midwife (CNM) clarifies to the pregnant patient that the CNM's scope of
practice includes:
a. practice independent from medical supervision.
b. comprehensive prenatal care.
c. attendance at all deliveries.
d. cesarean sections. - Answer B
2. The medical pioneer who discovered the relationship between the incidence of puerperal
fever and unwashed hands was:
a. Karl Credé.
b. Ignaz Semmelweis.
c. Louis Pasteur.
d. Joseph Lister. - Answer B
An urban area has been reported to have a high perinatal mortality rate. The nurse explains that
this statistic refers to:
a. maternal and infant deaths per 100,000 live births per year.
b. deaths of fetuses weighing more than 500 g per 10,000 births per year.
c. deaths of infants up to 1 year of age per 1000 live births per year.
d. fetal and neonatal deaths per 1000 live births per year. - Answer D
5. Current maternity practice focuses on:
a. hospital births for the majority of women.
b. the traditional family unit.
c. separation of labor rooms from delivery rooms.
d. a quality family experience for each patient - Answer D
6. The individual who advocated the establishment of the Children's Bureau was:
,a. Lillian Wald
.b. Florence Nightingale.
c. Florence Kelly.
d. Clara Barton. - Answer A
As a result of research done in the 1930s by the Children's Bureau:
a. children with heart problems are now cared for by pediatric cardiologists.
b. the Child Abuse and Prevention Act was passed.
c. hot lunch programs were established in many schools.
d. children's asylums were founded. - Answer C
The government program implemented to increase the educational exposure of preschool
children is:
a. WIC.
b. Title XIX of Medicaid.
c. The Children's Charter.
d. Head Start - Answer D
Guidelines that define multidisciplinary patient care in terms of expected outcome and
timeframe from different areas of care provision are known as:
a. clinical pathways.
b. nursing outcome criteria.
c. standards of care.
d. nursing care plan. - Answer A
A nursing student has reviewed a hospitalized child's chart, interviewed her mother, and
collected admission data. The next step in developing a nursing care plan for this child is to:
a. identify measurable outcomes with a timeline.
b. choose specific nursing interventions for the child.
c. determine appropriate nursing diagnoses.
d. state nursing actions related to the child's medical diagnosis. - Answer C
A nursing student on an obstetric rotation questions the floor nurse about the definition of the
LVN/LPN scope of practice. The nurse directs the student to contact the:
, a. American Nurses Association.
b. State's board of nursing.
c. Joint Commission.
d. Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. - Answer B
which source would the nurse use to determine whether a specific nursing activity is within the
scope of practice of an LPN/LVN?
a. doctor's prescription record
b. nursing procedure manual
c. head nurse or nurse manager
d. the nurse practice act - Answer d
In 1884, Karl Credé recommended that:
a. all women should be delivered in a hospital setting.
b. chemical means should be used to combat infection
c. podalic version be done on all fetuses.
d. silver nitrate be placed in the eyes of newborns. - Answer D
The White House Conference on Children and Youth is held every 10 years to:
a. set criteria for normal growth patterns.
b. examine the number of live births in minority populations.
c. raise money to support well-child clinics in rural areas.
d. promote comprehensive child welfare. - Answer D
Current legislation allows a hospital stay of how many hours for a postpartum patient who has
delivered vaginally without complications?
a. 24
b. 48
c. 36
d. 72 - Answer B
The nurse explains that the clinical pathway or critical pathway improves quality of care by:
Accurate Solutions 2025/2026
Updated.
The certified nurse-midwife (CNM) clarifies to the pregnant patient that the CNM's scope of
practice includes:
a. practice independent from medical supervision.
b. comprehensive prenatal care.
c. attendance at all deliveries.
d. cesarean sections. - Answer B
2. The medical pioneer who discovered the relationship between the incidence of puerperal
fever and unwashed hands was:
a. Karl Credé.
b. Ignaz Semmelweis.
c. Louis Pasteur.
d. Joseph Lister. - Answer B
An urban area has been reported to have a high perinatal mortality rate. The nurse explains that
this statistic refers to:
a. maternal and infant deaths per 100,000 live births per year.
b. deaths of fetuses weighing more than 500 g per 10,000 births per year.
c. deaths of infants up to 1 year of age per 1000 live births per year.
d. fetal and neonatal deaths per 1000 live births per year. - Answer D
5. Current maternity practice focuses on:
a. hospital births for the majority of women.
b. the traditional family unit.
c. separation of labor rooms from delivery rooms.
d. a quality family experience for each patient - Answer D
6. The individual who advocated the establishment of the Children's Bureau was:
,a. Lillian Wald
.b. Florence Nightingale.
c. Florence Kelly.
d. Clara Barton. - Answer A
As a result of research done in the 1930s by the Children's Bureau:
a. children with heart problems are now cared for by pediatric cardiologists.
b. the Child Abuse and Prevention Act was passed.
c. hot lunch programs were established in many schools.
d. children's asylums were founded. - Answer C
The government program implemented to increase the educational exposure of preschool
children is:
a. WIC.
b. Title XIX of Medicaid.
c. The Children's Charter.
d. Head Start - Answer D
Guidelines that define multidisciplinary patient care in terms of expected outcome and
timeframe from different areas of care provision are known as:
a. clinical pathways.
b. nursing outcome criteria.
c. standards of care.
d. nursing care plan. - Answer A
A nursing student has reviewed a hospitalized child's chart, interviewed her mother, and
collected admission data. The next step in developing a nursing care plan for this child is to:
a. identify measurable outcomes with a timeline.
b. choose specific nursing interventions for the child.
c. determine appropriate nursing diagnoses.
d. state nursing actions related to the child's medical diagnosis. - Answer C
A nursing student on an obstetric rotation questions the floor nurse about the definition of the
LVN/LPN scope of practice. The nurse directs the student to contact the:
, a. American Nurses Association.
b. State's board of nursing.
c. Joint Commission.
d. Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. - Answer B
which source would the nurse use to determine whether a specific nursing activity is within the
scope of practice of an LPN/LVN?
a. doctor's prescription record
b. nursing procedure manual
c. head nurse or nurse manager
d. the nurse practice act - Answer d
In 1884, Karl Credé recommended that:
a. all women should be delivered in a hospital setting.
b. chemical means should be used to combat infection
c. podalic version be done on all fetuses.
d. silver nitrate be placed in the eyes of newborns. - Answer D
The White House Conference on Children and Youth is held every 10 years to:
a. set criteria for normal growth patterns.
b. examine the number of live births in minority populations.
c. raise money to support well-child clinics in rural areas.
d. promote comprehensive child welfare. - Answer D
Current legislation allows a hospital stay of how many hours for a postpartum patient who has
delivered vaginally without complications?
a. 24
b. 48
c. 36
d. 72 - Answer B
The nurse explains that the clinical pathway or critical pathway improves quality of care by:
