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,Table of Contents
Part I: Women’s Lives, Women’s Health
1. Women and Their Health
2. Women as Health Care Providers
3. Women and Health Care
4. Health Care for Vulnerable Populations
5. Legal Issues in Women’s Health Care
6. Feminist Frameworks for Advanced Practice with Women
Part II: Health Promotion and Prevention for Women
7. Women’s Bodies, Women’s Health
8. Young Women’s Health
9. Midlife Women’s Health
10. Older Women’s Health
11. Well Woman’s Health
12. Mental Health
13. Nutrition for Women
14. Healthy Practices: Physical Activity
15. Healthy Practices: Sleep
16. Genetics and Women’s Health
17. Women and the Workplace
18. Health Considerations for Women Caregivers
19. Women’s Sexual Health
20. Primary Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals
21. Fertility Self-Management and Shared Management
22. Preconception Counseling
23. Prenatal Care and Anticipating Birth Part III: Managing Symptoms and Women’s
Health Considerations
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,Part III: Managing Symptoms and Women’s Health Considerations
24. Breast Health Considerations
25. Caring for the Transgender Patient
26. Sexual Health Problems and Dysfunctions
27. Vulvar and Vaginal Health
28. Perimenstrual and Pelvic Symptoms and Syndromes
29. Urologic and Pelvic Floor Health Problems
30. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
31. Women and HIV/AIDS
32. Human Papillomavirus
33. Gynecologic Cancers
34. Menopause
35. Osteoporosis
36. The Challenge of Unintended Pregnancies
37. Infertility
38. High-Risk Childbearing
39. Intrapartum and Postpartum Care
40. Mental Health Challenges
41. Substance Abuse and Women
42. Gender-Based Violence and Women’s Health
43. Cardiovascular Disease in Women
44. Endocrine-Related Problems
45. Chronic Illness and Women
46. Care of Women With Disabilities
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, Chapter 1 Women and Their Health
The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among industrialized nations for
1. infant mortality rate. When developing programs to assist in decreasing these rates, which factor would
most likely need to be addressed as having the greatest impact?
A) Resolving all language and cultural differences
B) Assuring early and adequate prenatal care
C) Providing more extensive womens shelters
D)Encouraging all women to eat a balanced diet
2. When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nurse would include which of the following?
A)Childbirth is viewed as a procedural event
B) Families are unable to make informed choices
C) Childbirth results in changes in relationships
D) Families require little information to make appropriate decisions
When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-time pregnant women, the nurse expects to review
3. how maternity care has changed over the years. Which of the following would the nurse include when
discussing events of the 20th century?
A) Epidemics of puerperal fever
B) Performance of the first cesarean birth
C) Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size
D) Creation of free-standing birth centers
4. After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-related mortality, the instructor determines that
additional teaching is needed when the students identify which condition as a leading cause?
A) Hemorrhage
B) Embolism
C) Obstructed labor
D)Infection
The nurse is working with a group of community health members to develop a plan to address the special
5. health needs of women. Which of the following conditions would the group address as the major
problem?
A) Smoking
B) Heart disease
C) Diabetes
D)Cancer
6. When assessing a family for possible barriers to health care, the nurse would consider which factor to be
most important?
A) Language
B) Health care workers attitudes
C) Transportation
D)Finances
7. After teaching a group of nursing students about the issue of informed consent. Which of the following, if
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,Table of Contents
Part I: Women’s Lives, Women’s Health
1. Women and Their Health
2. Women as Health Care Providers
3. Women and Health Care
4. Health Care for Vulnerable Populations
5. Legal Issues in Women’s Health Care
6. Feminist Frameworks for Advanced Practice with Women
Part II: Health Promotion and Prevention for Women
7. Women’s Bodies, Women’s Health
8. Young Women’s Health
9. Midlife Women’s Health
10. Older Women’s Health
11. Well Woman’s Health
12. Mental Health
13. Nutrition for Women
14. Healthy Practices: Physical Activity
15. Healthy Practices: Sleep
16. Genetics and Women’s Health
17. Women and the Workplace
18. Health Considerations for Women Caregivers
19. Women’s Sexual Health
20. Primary Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals
21. Fertility Self-Management and Shared Management
22. Preconception Counseling
23. Prenatal Care and Anticipating Birth Part III: Managing Symptoms and Women’s
Health Considerations
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,Part III: Managing Symptoms and Women’s Health Considerations
24. Breast Health Considerations
25. Caring for the Transgender Patient
26. Sexual Health Problems and Dysfunctions
27. Vulvar and Vaginal Health
28. Perimenstrual and Pelvic Symptoms and Syndromes
29. Urologic and Pelvic Floor Health Problems
30. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
31. Women and HIV/AIDS
32. Human Papillomavirus
33. Gynecologic Cancers
34. Menopause
35. Osteoporosis
36. The Challenge of Unintended Pregnancies
37. Infertility
38. High-Risk Childbearing
39. Intrapartum and Postpartum Care
40. Mental Health Challenges
41. Substance Abuse and Women
42. Gender-Based Violence and Women’s Health
43. Cardiovascular Disease in Women
44. Endocrine-Related Problems
45. Chronic Illness and Women
46. Care of Women With Disabilities
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, Chapter 1 Women and Their Health
The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among industrialized nations for
1. infant mortality rate. When developing programs to assist in decreasing these rates, which factor would
most likely need to be addressed as having the greatest impact?
A) Resolving all language and cultural differences
B) Assuring early and adequate prenatal care
C) Providing more extensive womens shelters
D)Encouraging all women to eat a balanced diet
2. When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nurse would include which of the following?
A)Childbirth is viewed as a procedural event
B) Families are unable to make informed choices
C) Childbirth results in changes in relationships
D) Families require little information to make appropriate decisions
When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-time pregnant women, the nurse expects to review
3. how maternity care has changed over the years. Which of the following would the nurse include when
discussing events of the 20th century?
A) Epidemics of puerperal fever
B) Performance of the first cesarean birth
C) Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size
D) Creation of free-standing birth centers
4. After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-related mortality, the instructor determines that
additional teaching is needed when the students identify which condition as a leading cause?
A) Hemorrhage
B) Embolism
C) Obstructed labor
D)Infection
The nurse is working with a group of community health members to develop a plan to address the special
5. health needs of women. Which of the following conditions would the group address as the major
problem?
A) Smoking
B) Heart disease
C) Diabetes
D)Cancer
6. When assessing a family for possible barriers to health care, the nurse would consider which factor to be
most important?
A) Language
B) Health care workers attitudes
C) Transportation
D)Finances
7. After teaching a group of nursing students about the issue of informed consent. Which of the following, if
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