NURS 345 Quiz #1 Practice Questions
All Solved Correctly 2025-2026
Updated.
What is perinatal nursing like as a specialty? - Answer - Specialty body of knowledge
- Increased complexity
- Things can change rapidly
- Each situation is unique
List some key issues in perinatal nursing - Answer - Feelings about pregnancy
- Prenatal care in the 1st trimester
- Prenatal classes
- Smoking, alcohol, drug use
- Stress (preterm labour and/or low birth weight)
- Healthy weight (BMI between 18.5%-24.6%)
----35% overweight-obese)
- Remote access to services'
- Labour support
- Fetal monitoring
- Positioning
- Pain management (breathing techniques; epidural)
- Skin to skin
- Sleeping on back
- Postpartum depression
- Postpartum support (breast pain, perineal or incision pain, back pain)
- Breastfeeding (on demand; min 6 months exclusively)
The BC Provincial Women's Health Strategy uses the framework of Women-Centred Care.
Describe women-centred care - Answer - Respects women's diversity
- Supports the way women provide for their health needs in the social, cultural and spiritual
context of their experience & addresses the barriers to access services
- Places woman and her newborn at the center of care & assures that women, their partners
and families are treated with kindness, respect and dignity
, - Services are planned and provided to meet their needs, respecting the woman's preferences
and decisions, even if they differ from the caregiver's recommendations
What is family-centred maternity and newborn care (FCMNC)? - Answer A complex,
multidimensional, dynamic process of providing safe, skilled and individualized care
- Responds to the physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the woman, newborn
and the family
- Considers pregnancy and birth to be normal, healthy life events and recognizes the significance
of family support, participation and informed choice
17 Guiding Principles of FCMNC - Answer 1) Family-centred approach to maternal and
newborn care is optimal
2) Pregnancy and birth are normal, healthy processes
3) Early parent-infant attachment is critical for newborn and child development and the growth
of healthy families
4) Family-centred maternal and newborn care applies to all care environments
5) Family-centred maternal and newborn care is informed by research evidence
6) Family-centred maternal and newborn care requires a holistic approach
7) Family-centred maternal and newborn care involves collaboration among care providers
8) Culturally-appropriate care is important in a multicultural society
9) Indigenous peoples have distinctive needs during pregnancy and birth
10) Care as close to home as possible is ideal
11) Individualized maternal and newborn care is recommended
12) Women and their families require knowledge about their care
13) Women and their families play an integral role in decision making
14) The attitudes and language of health care providers have an impact on a family's experience
of maternal and newborn care
15. Family-centred maternal and newborn care respects reproductive rights
16) Family-centred maternal and newborn care functions within a system that requires ongoing
evaluation
17) Family-centred maternal and newborn care best practices from global settings may offer
valuable options for Canadian consideration
How to define family? - Answer "The family is who they say they are"
- a group of individuals who are bound by strong emotional ties, a sense of belonging and a
passion for being involved in each others lives"
All Solved Correctly 2025-2026
Updated.
What is perinatal nursing like as a specialty? - Answer - Specialty body of knowledge
- Increased complexity
- Things can change rapidly
- Each situation is unique
List some key issues in perinatal nursing - Answer - Feelings about pregnancy
- Prenatal care in the 1st trimester
- Prenatal classes
- Smoking, alcohol, drug use
- Stress (preterm labour and/or low birth weight)
- Healthy weight (BMI between 18.5%-24.6%)
----35% overweight-obese)
- Remote access to services'
- Labour support
- Fetal monitoring
- Positioning
- Pain management (breathing techniques; epidural)
- Skin to skin
- Sleeping on back
- Postpartum depression
- Postpartum support (breast pain, perineal or incision pain, back pain)
- Breastfeeding (on demand; min 6 months exclusively)
The BC Provincial Women's Health Strategy uses the framework of Women-Centred Care.
Describe women-centred care - Answer - Respects women's diversity
- Supports the way women provide for their health needs in the social, cultural and spiritual
context of their experience & addresses the barriers to access services
- Places woman and her newborn at the center of care & assures that women, their partners
and families are treated with kindness, respect and dignity
, - Services are planned and provided to meet their needs, respecting the woman's preferences
and decisions, even if they differ from the caregiver's recommendations
What is family-centred maternity and newborn care (FCMNC)? - Answer A complex,
multidimensional, dynamic process of providing safe, skilled and individualized care
- Responds to the physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the woman, newborn
and the family
- Considers pregnancy and birth to be normal, healthy life events and recognizes the significance
of family support, participation and informed choice
17 Guiding Principles of FCMNC - Answer 1) Family-centred approach to maternal and
newborn care is optimal
2) Pregnancy and birth are normal, healthy processes
3) Early parent-infant attachment is critical for newborn and child development and the growth
of healthy families
4) Family-centred maternal and newborn care applies to all care environments
5) Family-centred maternal and newborn care is informed by research evidence
6) Family-centred maternal and newborn care requires a holistic approach
7) Family-centred maternal and newborn care involves collaboration among care providers
8) Culturally-appropriate care is important in a multicultural society
9) Indigenous peoples have distinctive needs during pregnancy and birth
10) Care as close to home as possible is ideal
11) Individualized maternal and newborn care is recommended
12) Women and their families require knowledge about their care
13) Women and their families play an integral role in decision making
14) The attitudes and language of health care providers have an impact on a family's experience
of maternal and newborn care
15. Family-centred maternal and newborn care respects reproductive rights
16) Family-centred maternal and newborn care functions within a system that requires ongoing
evaluation
17) Family-centred maternal and newborn care best practices from global settings may offer
valuable options for Canadian consideration
How to define family? - Answer "The family is who they say they are"
- a group of individuals who are bound by strong emotional ties, a sense of belonging and a
passion for being involved in each others lives"
