Essentials of Maternity Newborn and Women's Health Nursing
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Chapter5 1 Perspectives5 on 5 Maternal,5 Newborn,5 and 5 Women's5 Health 5 Care
1 The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality a
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. nd 41st among industrialized nations for infant mortality rate. W
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hen developing programs to assist in decreasing these rates, whic
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h factor would most likely need to be addressed as having the gre
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atest impact?5
A Resolving all language and cultural differences
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B Assuring early and adequate prenatal care
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C Providing more extensive womens shelters
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D Encouraging all women to eat a balanced diet 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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2 When integrating the principles of family-
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. centered care, the nurse would include which of the following?
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A Childbirth is viewed as a procedural event
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B Families are unable to make informed choices
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C Childbirth results in changes in relationships
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D Families require little information to make appropriate decisions
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3 When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-
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. time pregnant women, the nurse expects to review how maternity
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5care has changed over the years. Which of the following would th
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e nurse include when discussing events of the 20th century?
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A Epidemics of puerperal fever 5 5 5
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B Performance of the first cesarean birth 5 5 5 5 5
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C Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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D Creation of free-standing birth centers
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4 After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-
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. related mortality, the instructor determines that additional teachi
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ng is needed when the students identify which condition as a leadi
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ng cause?
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A Hemorrhage
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B Embolism
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C Obstructed labor 5
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D Infection
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5 The nurse is working with a group of community health
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members to develop a plan to address the special health nee
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ds of women. Which of the following conditions would the grou
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p address as the major problem?
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A Smoking
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B Heart disease
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C Diabetes
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D Cancer
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6 When assessing a family for possible barriers to health care, the
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. nurse would consider which factor to be most important?
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A Language
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B Health care workers attitudes
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C Transportation
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D Finances
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7 After teaching a group of nursing students about the issue of
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informed consent. Which of the following, if identified by t
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he student, would indicate an understanding of a violation of in
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formed consent? 5
A Performing a procedure on a 15-year-old without consent
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B Serving as a witness to the signature process
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C Asking whether the client understands what she is signing
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D Getting verbal consent over the phone for emergency
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8 The nurse is trying to get consent to care for an 11-year-old boy
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with diabetic ketoacidosis. His parents are out of town on vac
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ation, and the child is staying with a neighbor. Which action woul
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d be the priority?
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A Getting telephone consent with two people listening to the
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) verbal consent 5
B Providing emergency care without parental consent
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C Contacting the childs aunt or uncle to obtain their consent
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D Advocating for termination of parental rights for this situation
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9 After teaching nursing students about the basic concepts of
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centered care, the instructor determines that the teaching was suc
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cessful when the students state which of the following?
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A Childbirth affects the entire family, and relationships will
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B Families are not capable of making health care decisions for
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C Mothers are the family members affected by childbirth.
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