MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING
5TH EDITION
AUTHOR(S)SUSAN SCOTT RICCI; TERRI
KYLE; SUSAN CARMAN
TEST BANK
Ch. 1 — Introduction
1⃣ Question Stem: A postpartum nurse notes that a new hospital
policy emphasizes family-centered care and interdisciplinary
collaboration for maternal and child services. Which nursing
action best reflects this shift?
A. Provide all discharge teaching to the mother only and
schedule follow-up for the infant.
B. Include the partner and other key family members in
discharge teaching and care planning.
C. Restrict visiting hours to immediate family to reduce
interruptions to care.
D. Delegate all newborn feeding instructions to the pediatrician
to ensure accuracy.
,4️⃣ Correct Answer: B
5️⃣ Rationales:
• Correct (B): Including family in teaching and planning
reflects family-centered care and interdisciplinary
collaboration by promoting shared decision-making and
continuity of care.
• A: Teaching only the mother excludes family supports and
undermines family-centered goals.
• C: Restricting visitors may limit family involvement and
contradict family-centered principles unless safety requires
it.
• D: Delegating basic teaching to physicians bypasses the
nurse’s role in education and continuity of care.
6️⃣ Teaching Point: Family-centered care integrates family
members into education and planning.
7️⃣ Citation: Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024️). Maternity
and Pediatric Nursing (5️th Ed.). Ch. 1.
Ch. 1 — Historical Development
1⃣ Question Stem: A nurse educator designing a seminar on the
evolution of maternal–newborn nursing wants to emphasize a
historical driver of today’s public health focus. Which historical
development should she highlight as most responsible for
modern maternal–child public health programs?
,A. The increase in hospital births replacing home births.
B. The invention of prenatal vitamins.
C. Recognition of population-level mortality and morbidity
trends influencing policy.
D. The growth of private cord-blood banking.
4️⃣ Correct Answer: C
5️⃣ Rationales:
• Correct (C): Recognition of population-level mortality and
morbidity historically led to public health initiatives and
policy aimed at improving maternal and child outcomes.
• A: The migration of births to hospitals influenced care
settings but did not alone shape population health policy.
• B: Prenatal vitamins improved individual outcomes but
were not the primary driver of public health programs.
• D: Private cord-blood banking is a recent technological
development with limited influence on broad public health
policy.
6️⃣ Teaching Point: Mortality/morbidity data historically drive
public health policy for mothers and children.
7️⃣ Citation: Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024️). Maternity
and Pediatric Nursing (5️th Ed.). Ch. 1.
, Ch. 1 — The History of Maternal and Newborn Health and
Health Care
1⃣ Question Stem: While teaching nursing students about
historical shifts in newborn care, which classroom activity best
facilitates applied understanding of how past practice
influences current neonatal safety standards?
A. Memorizing a timeline of neonatal milestones in obstetric
technology.
B. Comparing past and current newborn infection-control
practices and proposing modern improvements.
C. Reading biographies of early obstetricians.
D. Listing all historical neonatal medical devices.
4️⃣ Correct Answer: B
5️⃣ Rationales:
• Correct (B): Comparing historical and current practices
encourages analysis and application to improve current
safety and practice.
• A: Timelines are recall-focused and less effective for
applied clinical reasoning.
• C: Biographies provide context but do not directly develop
clinical decision-making.
• D: Listing devices is memorization without application to
care quality.
5TH EDITION
AUTHOR(S)SUSAN SCOTT RICCI; TERRI
KYLE; SUSAN CARMAN
TEST BANK
Ch. 1 — Introduction
1⃣ Question Stem: A postpartum nurse notes that a new hospital
policy emphasizes family-centered care and interdisciplinary
collaboration for maternal and child services. Which nursing
action best reflects this shift?
A. Provide all discharge teaching to the mother only and
schedule follow-up for the infant.
B. Include the partner and other key family members in
discharge teaching and care planning.
C. Restrict visiting hours to immediate family to reduce
interruptions to care.
D. Delegate all newborn feeding instructions to the pediatrician
to ensure accuracy.
,4️⃣ Correct Answer: B
5️⃣ Rationales:
• Correct (B): Including family in teaching and planning
reflects family-centered care and interdisciplinary
collaboration by promoting shared decision-making and
continuity of care.
• A: Teaching only the mother excludes family supports and
undermines family-centered goals.
• C: Restricting visitors may limit family involvement and
contradict family-centered principles unless safety requires
it.
• D: Delegating basic teaching to physicians bypasses the
nurse’s role in education and continuity of care.
6️⃣ Teaching Point: Family-centered care integrates family
members into education and planning.
7️⃣ Citation: Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024️). Maternity
and Pediatric Nursing (5️th Ed.). Ch. 1.
Ch. 1 — Historical Development
1⃣ Question Stem: A nurse educator designing a seminar on the
evolution of maternal–newborn nursing wants to emphasize a
historical driver of today’s public health focus. Which historical
development should she highlight as most responsible for
modern maternal–child public health programs?
,A. The increase in hospital births replacing home births.
B. The invention of prenatal vitamins.
C. Recognition of population-level mortality and morbidity
trends influencing policy.
D. The growth of private cord-blood banking.
4️⃣ Correct Answer: C
5️⃣ Rationales:
• Correct (C): Recognition of population-level mortality and
morbidity historically led to public health initiatives and
policy aimed at improving maternal and child outcomes.
• A: The migration of births to hospitals influenced care
settings but did not alone shape population health policy.
• B: Prenatal vitamins improved individual outcomes but
were not the primary driver of public health programs.
• D: Private cord-blood banking is a recent technological
development with limited influence on broad public health
policy.
6️⃣ Teaching Point: Mortality/morbidity data historically drive
public health policy for mothers and children.
7️⃣ Citation: Ricci, S. S., Kyle, T., & Carman, S. (2024️). Maternity
and Pediatric Nursing (5️th Ed.). Ch. 1.
, Ch. 1 — The History of Maternal and Newborn Health and
Health Care
1⃣ Question Stem: While teaching nursing students about
historical shifts in newborn care, which classroom activity best
facilitates applied understanding of how past practice
influences current neonatal safety standards?
A. Memorizing a timeline of neonatal milestones in obstetric
technology.
B. Comparing past and current newborn infection-control
practices and proposing modern improvements.
C. Reading biographies of early obstetricians.
D. Listing all historical neonatal medical devices.
4️⃣ Correct Answer: B
5️⃣ Rationales:
• Correct (B): Comparing historical and current practices
encourages analysis and application to improve current
safety and practice.
• A: Timelines are recall-focused and less effective for
applied clinical reasoning.
• C: Biographies provide context but do not directly develop
clinical decision-making.
• D: Listing devices is memorization without application to
care quality.
