Test Bank for Maternal and Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family, 9th Edition by JoAnne Silbert-Flagg et al. | Complete Exam Prep with Answers & Rationales | 2025/2026

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1. For which reasons would a nurse review infant mortality statistics in the United
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States?(Select all that apply.)
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A) Measures the quality of pregnancy care xg xg xg xg xg


B) Reviews information on overall nutrition xg xg xg xg


C) Compares health with those of other states xg xg xg xg xg xg


D) Determines infant health and available care xg xg xg xg xg


E) Provides an index of the country's general xg xg xg xg xg xg xg


healthAns: A, B, D, E
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Feedback:
Infant mortality statistics provide an index of a country's general health,
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measures thequality of pregnancy care, provides information on overall
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nutrition, and determines infant health and available care. Infant mortality
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statistics compares the health with those of other countries and not with those
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of other states.
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2. The nurse is providing care in an organization that supports the maternal and
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child carecontinuum. Which type of patient care area is an example of this
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approach?
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B) Team nursing xg


C) Case management xg


D) Family-centered xg


careAns: D
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Feedback:
Keeping the family at the center of care is important because the level of a
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family's functioning is important to the health status of its members. A healthy
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family establishesan environment conducive to growth and health-promoting
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behaviors to sustain family members during crises. A family-centered approach
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enables nurses to better understandindividuals and their effect on others and, in
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turn, to provide more holistic care. Primarynursing, team nursing, and case
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management do not necessary take into consideration the maternal and child care
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continuum.




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3. Which actions should the nurse perform when supporting the goals of maternal
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andchild health care? (Select all that apply.)
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A) Advocates protecting the rights of the mother and fetus xg xg xg xg xg xg xg xg


B) Teaches family members interventions to improve health xg xg xg xg xg xg


C) Adheres to principles that focus on the needs of the mother xg xg xg xg xg xg xg xg xg xg


D) Encourages maternal hospitalization to regain strength and stamina xg xg xg xg xg xg xg


E) Assesses family members for strengths and specific needs or xg xg xg xg xg xg xg xg xg


challengesAns: A, B, E xg xg xg xg


Feedback:
Actions that the nurse should perform when supporting the goals of maternal and
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childhealth care include advocating the rights for the mother and fetus, teaching
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health promotion interventions, and assessing the family for strengths and
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specific needs or challenges. Adhering to principles that focus on the needs of
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the mother and encouraging maternal hospitalization to regain strength and
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stamina are not actions thatsupport the goals of maternal and child health care.
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4. The nurse is reviewing the 2020 National Health Goals and notes that which is a
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focusof these goals?
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A) Health promotion and disease prevention xg xg xg xg


B) Early diagnosis of chronic health problemsxg xg xg xg xg


C) Effective use of medication to treat disease xg xg xg xg xg xg


D) Reduce the cost of health care and xg xg xg xg xg xg xg


medicationsAns: A xg xg


Feedback:
The 2020 National Health Goals are intended to help citizens more easily
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understand theimportance of health promotion and disease prevention and to
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encourage wide participation in improving health in the next decade. These goals
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do not focus on the early diagnosis of chronic problems, use of medications to
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treat disease, or reduce the cost of health care and medications.
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5. The nurse has noticed a change in the type of care needed to support maternal
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and childhealth issues. What does the nurse realize as reasons for the changes in
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care? (Select allthat apply.)
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A) Smaller families xg


B) Less domestic violence xg xg


C) More employed mothers xg xg


D) Stable home environments xg xg


E) More single-parent xg xg


familiesAns: A, C, E xg xg xg xg


Feedback:
Nursing care for maternal and child is changing because families are smaller,
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more mothers are employed out of the home, and there are more single-parent
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families. Thereis an increase in domestic violence, and families are less stable and
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more mobile, whichinfluences homelessness.
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6. During an assessment, the nurse asks a patient from a non-English-speaking
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culture which types of home remedies and herbs the patient uses for health
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care. What is thepurpose of asking the patient this question?
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A) Analyze for herb–drug interactions xg xg xg


B) Understand the patient's philosophy of alternative health care xg xg xg xg xg xg xg


C) Determine the types of medications the patient will need to be prescribed
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D) Explain to the physician the patient's preference for nontraditional
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medicineapproaches xg


Ans: A xg


Feedback:
Assessing what alternative measures are being used is important because the
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action of an herb can interfere with prescribed medications. Assessing the use of
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herbal remediesis not done to understand the patient's philosophy of alternative
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health care, determine the types of medications the patient will need to be
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prescribed, or explain the patient's preferences for nontraditional medicine
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approaches to the physician. xg xg xg




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