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Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing &

Childrearing Family 8th Edition Test Bank

1. For which reasons would a nurse review infant mortality statistics in the United States?

(Select all that apply.)

A) Measures the quality of pregnancy care

B) Reviews information on overall nutrition

C) Compares health with those of other states

D) Determines infant health and available care

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

Ans: A, B, D, E

Feedback:

Infant mortality statistics provide an index of a country's general health, measures the

quality of pregnancy care, provides information on overall nutrition, and determines

infant health and available care. Infant mortality statistics compares the health with

those of other countries and not with those of other states.

2. The nurse is providing care in an organization that supports the maternal and child care

continuum. Which type of patient care area is an example of this approach?

A) Primary care

B) Team nursing

C) Case management

D) Family-centered care

Ans: D

Feedback:

Keeping the family at the center of care is important because the level of a family's

functioning is important to the health status of its members. A healthy family establishes

an environment conducive to growth and health-promoting behaviors to sustain family

members during crises. A family-centered approach enables nurses to better understand

individuals and their effect on others and, in turn, to provide more holistic care. Primary

nursing, team nursing, and case management do not necessary take into consideration

the maternal and child care continuum.

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3. Which actions should the nurse perform when supporting the goals of maternal and

child health care? (Select all that apply.)

A) Advocates protecting the rights of the mother and fetus

B) Teaches family members interventions to improve health

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

D) Encourages maternal hospitalization to regain strength and stamina

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

Ans: A, B, E

Feedback:

Actions that the nurse should perform when supporting the goals of maternal and child

health care include advocating the rights for the mother and fetus, teaching health

promotion interventions, and assessing the family for strengths and specific needs or

challenges. Adhering to principles that focus on the needs of the mother and

encouraging maternal hospitalization to regain strength and stamina are not actions that

support the goals of maternal and child health care.

4. The nurse is reviewing the 2020 National Health Goals and notes that which is a focus

of these goals?

A) Health promotion and disease prevention

B) Early diagnosis of chronic health problems

C) Effective use of medication to treat disease

D) Reduce the cost of health care and medications

Ans: A

Feedback:

The 2020 National Health Goals are intended to help citizens more easily understand the

importance of health promotion and disease prevention and to encourage wide

participation in improving health in the next decade. These goals do not focus on the

early diagnosis of chronic problems, use of medications to 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 and child

health issues. What does the nurse realize as reasons for the changes in care? (Select all

that apply.)

A) Smaller families

B) Less domestic violence

C) More employed mothers

D) Stable home environments

E) More single-parent families

Ans: A, C, E

Feedback:

Nursing care for maternal and child is changing because families are smaller, more

mothers are employed out of the home, and there are more single-parent families. There

is an increase in domestic violence, and families are less stable and more mobile, which

influences homelessness.

6. During an assessment, the nurse asks a patient from a non-English-speaking culture

which types of home remedies and herbs the patient uses for health care. What is the

purpose of asking the patient this question?

A) Analyze for herb–drug interactions

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

C) Determine the types of medications the patient will need to be prescribed

D) Explain to the physician the patient's preference for nontraditional medicine

approaches

Ans: A

Feedback:

Assessing what alternative measures are being used is important because the action of

an herb can interfere with prescribed medications. Assessing the use of herbal remedies

is not done to understand the patient's philosophy of alternative health care, determine

the types of medications the patient will need to be prescribed, or explain the patient's

preferences for nontraditional medicine approaches to the physician.

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7. The nurse notes that statistics on maternal mortality had improved but are again

becoming elevated. What does the nurse realize as a reason for this change in maternal

mortality rates?

A) Earlier prenatal care

B) Gestational hypertension

C) Increased vaginal deliveries

D) Treatment for chronic diseases

Ans: B

Feedback:

This increasing rate in maternal mortality is associated with more cesarean births, more

gestational hypertension related to preexisting hypertensive disorders, and lack of health

insurance for many Americans. This increase is not because of earlier prenatal care,

increased vaginal deliveries, or treatment for chronic diseases.

8. A new mother asks the nurse if all of the new baby's injections can be given in one visit

because the mother is losing income from missing work because of the office visits.

What does this new mother's issue indicate to the nurse?

A) The mother needs to find an alternative employer.

B) The mother's income is more important that the baby's health.

C) Missing work does not support the baby's health maintenance visits.

D) The federal government needs to do more to support well-baby visits.

Ans: C

Feedback:

An area that needs additional research is finding effective stimuli to encourage women

to bring children for health maintenance visits. The mother losing income because of

missing work for well-baby visits will deter health maintenance visits for the baby going

forward. This mother's issue does not indicate that the mother needs to find another job,

that the mother's income is more important that the baby's health, or that the federal

government needs to do more to support well-baby visits.

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