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MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING 3RD EDITION TEST BANK
((SUSAN SCOTT RICC)
Table of Contents
1. Foundations of Maternity Nursing
2. Women’s Health: Health Promotion and Prevention
3. Assessment and Care of the Female Client with Reproductive Issues
4. Contraception and Abortion
5. Infertility, Conception, and Fetal Development
6. Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy
7. Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy
8. Maternal and Fetal Nutrition
9. Assessment of the Fetus During Pregnancy
10. Complications of Pregnancy
11. Labor and Birth Processes
12. Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth
13. Fetal Assessment During Labor
14. Pain Management During Labor
15. Complications of Labor and Birth
16. Postpartum Adaptations and Nursing Care
17. Assessment and Care of the Newborn
18. Newborn Nutrition and Feeding
19. Care of the High-Risk Newborn
20. Transition to Parenthood
21. Loss and Grief in the Childbearing Family
22. Growth and Development of the Infant
23. Growth and Development of the Toddler
24. Growth and Development of the Preschooler
25. Growth and Development of the School-Age Child
26. Growth and Development of the Adolescent
27. Atraumatic Care of Children and Families
28. Pain Management in Children
29. The Child with a Chronic Condition or Disability
30. The Child with a Life-Threatening Condition and End-of-Life Care
31. The Child with Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance
32. The Child with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
33. The Child with Cardiovascular Dysfunction
34. The Child with Hematologic or Immunologic Dysfunction
35. The Child with Cancer
36. The Child with Neurological or Sensory Dysfunction
37. The Child with Musculoskeletal or Articular Dysfunction
38. The Child with Endocrine or Metabolic Dysfunction
39. The Child with Genitourinary Dysfunction
40. The Child with Respiratory Dysfunction
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41. The Child with Infectious Disease
42. The Child with Psychosocial or Cognitive Dysfunction
Chapter 1- Perspectives on Maternal, Newborn, and Women’s Health Care
Maternity and Pediatric Nursing - Third Edition
( ANSWERS KEYS AVAILABLE BELOW)
1. The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among
industrialized nations for 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 women’s 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
3. When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-time pregnant women, the nurse expects to
review 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
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B) Embolism
C) Obstructed labor
D) Infection
5. The nurse is working with a group of community health members to develop a plan to address
the special 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 identified by the student, would indicate an understanding of a violation of
informed consent?
A) Performing a procedure on a 15-year-old without consent
B) Serving as a witness to the signature process
C) Asking whether the client understands what she is signing
D) Getting verbal consent over the phone for emergency procedures
8. The nurse is trying to get consent to care for an 11-year-old boy with diabetic ketoacidosis. His
parents are out of town on vacation, and the child is staying with a neighbor. Which action would
be the priority?
A) Getting telephone consent with two people listening to the verbal consent
B) Providing emergency care without parental consent
C) Contacting the child’s aunt or uncle to obtain their consent
D) Advocating for termination of parental rights for this situation
9. After teaching nursing students about the basic concepts of family-centered care, the instructor
determines that the teaching was successful when the students state which of the following?
A) “Childbirth affects the entire family, and relationships will change.”
B) “Families are not capable of making health care decisions for themselves.”
C) “Mothers are the family members affected by childbirth.”