,Test Bank for Women’s
Healthcare in Advanced
Practice Nursing 3rd
Edition by Ivy M.
Alexander
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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 registered 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 registered nurse expects to
review
3. how maternity care has changed over the years. Which of the following would the registered 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
After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-related mortality, the instructor determines that
4. additional teaching is needed when the students identify which condition as a leading cause?
A) Hemorrhage
B) Embolism
C) Obstructed labor
D)Infection
The registered 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 illness
C) Diabetes
D)Cancer
When assessing a family for possible barriers to health care, the registered nurse would consider which
6. factor to be most important?
A) Language
B) Health care workers attitudes
C) Transportation
D)Finances
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, 7. After teaching a group of nursing students about the issue of informed consent. Which of the following, if
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