TEST BANK – Leifer’s Introduction to Maternity and
Pediatric Nursing-10th Edition, Cooper & Gosnell
Exam
Registered Midwife (RM) - answerThe RM provides comprehensive independent
prenatal, labour, and postpartum care for up to 6 weeks, for women who are low risk.
Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) - answerThe BCC is responsible for BFI designation in
Canada.
Cultural Safety - answerAsking the patient about her concerns helps promote
understanding and individualizes patient care.
Perinatal Mortality Rate - answerThe perinatal mortality rate includes fetal and neonatal
deaths per 1000 live births per year.
Current Perinatal Care Focus - answerCurrent maternity practice focuses on a high-
quality family experience for all families.
Nursing Certification - answerThe Canadian Nurses Association offers certification
exams for registered nurses in specialty areas including perinatal, community, neonatal,
and pediatric intensive care.
Cultural Humility - answerCultural humility is the precursor to providing culturally
appropriate care. It is a process of self-reflection and discovery to understand one's own
assumptions, biases, and values and how one's background and social environment
have shaped one's experience.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - answerClimate change and environmental
protection are new goals of the SDGs.
Clinical Pathways - answerClinical pathways, also known as critical pathways or care
maps, are collaborative guidelines that define patient care across disciplines.
Clinical pathways - answerCollaborative guidelines defining patient care across
disciplines.
Nursing care plan - answerA structured approach to patient care management.
Nursing diagnosis - answerAssessment data used to identify patient care needs.
,Social determinants of health - answerConditions affecting health outcomes in
populations.
Empowerment - answerControl families have over their healthcare decisions.
Critical thinking - answerAnalyzing situations to prevent problems in care.
Morbidity - answerRates of illness in a population over time.
Expected progress - answerAnticipated patient outcomes within a timeline.
Variance - answerDeviation from expected progress in care pathways.
Electronic charting - answerDigital documentation ensuring comprehensive patient
records.
Family-centred care - answerHealthcare approach prioritizing family involvement.
Nursing interventions - answerActions taken to address nursing diagnoses.
Measurable outcomes - answerSpecific goals to evaluate patient progress.
Provincial regulatory board - answerAuthority defining nursing scope of practice.
Indigenous health - answerHealth outcomes influenced by historical colonization.
Healthcare funding fragmentation - answerDisjointed financial support affecting service
delivery.
Anesthesia in childbirth - answerPain relief method encouraging hospital births.
Obstetric instruments - answerSpecialized tools used in childbirth procedures.
Assessment data - answerInformation collected to inform nursing diagnoses.
Nursing process - answerSystematic approach to patient care management.
Patient chart review - answerAnalyzing patient history for care planning.
Nursing actions - answerSpecific tasks performed to support patient care.
Healthcare disparities - answerInequities in health outcomes among populations.
Cognitive level - answerClassification of knowledge required for tasks.
Implementation phase - answerStage where nursing plans are executed.
, Care maps - answerVisual representations of patient care pathways.
Data collection - answerGathering information to inform nursing practice.
Specialized obstetric instruments - answerInstruments developed in the early 1900s that
encouraged women to seek hospitalization for childbirth.
Anesthesia - answerBetter modes of anesthesia developed in the early 1900s that
encouraged women to seek hospitalization for childbirth.
Physicians' relationships with hospitals - answerCloser relationships between
physicians and hospitals in the early 1900s that encouraged women to seek
hospitalization for childbirth.
Insurance coverage - answerA factor that encouraged women to seek hospitalization for
childbirth in the early 20th century.
Waiting room for fathers - answerA non-family-centred policy prevalent in the 1960s.
Sedation of mother during labour - answerA non-family-centred policy prevalent in the
1960s that involved sedating the mother.
Delay of reunion of mother and infant - answerA non-family-centred policy in the 1960s
where the reunion was delayed for several hours due to sedation.
Lenient visiting hours - answerNot a prevalent policy in the 1960s; visiting hours were
rigid.
Restrictions of visitations by minor children - answerA non-family-centred policy
prevalent in the 1960s.
Reportable diseases - answerDiseases such as tuberculosis and sexually transmitted
infections that a nurse has a legal responsibility to report.
Child abuse - answerA condition that must be reported to public health authorities.
Industrial accidents - answerNot explicitly mentioned as reportable in the context
provided.
Sexually transmitted infections - answerA communicable disease that must be reported
to public health authorities.
Foodborne infections - answerA type of infection that must be reported to public health
authorities.
Pediatric Nursing-10th Edition, Cooper & Gosnell
Exam
Registered Midwife (RM) - answerThe RM provides comprehensive independent
prenatal, labour, and postpartum care for up to 6 weeks, for women who are low risk.
Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) - answerThe BCC is responsible for BFI designation in
Canada.
Cultural Safety - answerAsking the patient about her concerns helps promote
understanding and individualizes patient care.
Perinatal Mortality Rate - answerThe perinatal mortality rate includes fetal and neonatal
deaths per 1000 live births per year.
Current Perinatal Care Focus - answerCurrent maternity practice focuses on a high-
quality family experience for all families.
Nursing Certification - answerThe Canadian Nurses Association offers certification
exams for registered nurses in specialty areas including perinatal, community, neonatal,
and pediatric intensive care.
Cultural Humility - answerCultural humility is the precursor to providing culturally
appropriate care. It is a process of self-reflection and discovery to understand one's own
assumptions, biases, and values and how one's background and social environment
have shaped one's experience.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - answerClimate change and environmental
protection are new goals of the SDGs.
Clinical Pathways - answerClinical pathways, also known as critical pathways or care
maps, are collaborative guidelines that define patient care across disciplines.
Clinical pathways - answerCollaborative guidelines defining patient care across
disciplines.
Nursing care plan - answerA structured approach to patient care management.
Nursing diagnosis - answerAssessment data used to identify patient care needs.
,Social determinants of health - answerConditions affecting health outcomes in
populations.
Empowerment - answerControl families have over their healthcare decisions.
Critical thinking - answerAnalyzing situations to prevent problems in care.
Morbidity - answerRates of illness in a population over time.
Expected progress - answerAnticipated patient outcomes within a timeline.
Variance - answerDeviation from expected progress in care pathways.
Electronic charting - answerDigital documentation ensuring comprehensive patient
records.
Family-centred care - answerHealthcare approach prioritizing family involvement.
Nursing interventions - answerActions taken to address nursing diagnoses.
Measurable outcomes - answerSpecific goals to evaluate patient progress.
Provincial regulatory board - answerAuthority defining nursing scope of practice.
Indigenous health - answerHealth outcomes influenced by historical colonization.
Healthcare funding fragmentation - answerDisjointed financial support affecting service
delivery.
Anesthesia in childbirth - answerPain relief method encouraging hospital births.
Obstetric instruments - answerSpecialized tools used in childbirth procedures.
Assessment data - answerInformation collected to inform nursing diagnoses.
Nursing process - answerSystematic approach to patient care management.
Patient chart review - answerAnalyzing patient history for care planning.
Nursing actions - answerSpecific tasks performed to support patient care.
Healthcare disparities - answerInequities in health outcomes among populations.
Cognitive level - answerClassification of knowledge required for tasks.
Implementation phase - answerStage where nursing plans are executed.
, Care maps - answerVisual representations of patient care pathways.
Data collection - answerGathering information to inform nursing practice.
Specialized obstetric instruments - answerInstruments developed in the early 1900s that
encouraged women to seek hospitalization for childbirth.
Anesthesia - answerBetter modes of anesthesia developed in the early 1900s that
encouraged women to seek hospitalization for childbirth.
Physicians' relationships with hospitals - answerCloser relationships between
physicians and hospitals in the early 1900s that encouraged women to seek
hospitalization for childbirth.
Insurance coverage - answerA factor that encouraged women to seek hospitalization for
childbirth in the early 20th century.
Waiting room for fathers - answerA non-family-centred policy prevalent in the 1960s.
Sedation of mother during labour - answerA non-family-centred policy prevalent in the
1960s that involved sedating the mother.
Delay of reunion of mother and infant - answerA non-family-centred policy in the 1960s
where the reunion was delayed for several hours due to sedation.
Lenient visiting hours - answerNot a prevalent policy in the 1960s; visiting hours were
rigid.
Restrictions of visitations by minor children - answerA non-family-centred policy
prevalent in the 1960s.
Reportable diseases - answerDiseases such as tuberculosis and sexually transmitted
infections that a nurse has a legal responsibility to report.
Child abuse - answerA condition that must be reported to public health authorities.
Industrial accidents - answerNot explicitly mentioned as reportable in the context
provided.
Sexually transmitted infections - answerA communicable disease that must be reported
to public health authorities.
Foodborne infections - answerA type of infection that must be reported to public health
authorities.
