Test Bank for Maternal & Child Nursing
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Assured
• In what form do families tend to be most socially vulnerable?
A) Married-blended family
B) Extended family
C) Nuclear family
D) Single-parent family -✓✓D) Single-parent family
• Health care functions carried out by families to meet their members
needs include:
A) Developing family budgets.
B) Socializing children.
C) Meeting nutritional requirements.
D) Teaching family members about birth control. -✓✓C) Meeting
nutritional requirements.
• The nurse should be aware that the criteria used to make decisions and
solve problems within families are based primarily on family:
A) Rituals and customs.
B) Values and beliefs.
C) Boundaries and channels.
D) Socialization processes. -✓✓B) Values and beliefs.
• Using the family stress theory as an intervention approach for working
with families experiencing parenting, the nurse can help the family
change internal context factors. These include:
A) Biologic and genetic makeup.
B) Maturation of family members.
C) The family's perception of the event.
, D) The prevailing cultural beliefs of society. -✓✓C) The family's
perception of the event.
• While working in the prenatal clinic, you care for a very diverse group
of patients. When planning interventions for these families, you realize
that acceptance of the interventions will be most influenced by:
A) Educational achievement.
B) Income level.
C) Subcultural group.
D) Individual beliefs. -✓✓D) Individual beliefs.
• The nurses care of a Hispanic family includes teaching about infant
care. When developing a plan of care, the nurse bases interventions on
the knowledge that in traditional Hispanic families:
A) Breastfeeding is encouraged immediately after birth.
B) Male infants typically are circumcised.
C) The maternal grandmother participates in the care of the mother and
her infant.
D) Special herbs mixed in water are used to stimulate the passage of
meconium. -✓✓C) The maternal grandmother participates in the care of
the mother and her infant.
• The woman's family members are present when the home care
maternal-child nurse arrives for a postpartum and newborn visit. What
should the nurse do?
A) Observe the family members interactions with the newborn and one
another.
B) Ask the woman to meet with her and the baby alone.
C) Do a brief assessment on all family members present.
D) Reschedule the visit for another time so that the mother and infant
can be assessed privately. -✓✓A) Observe the family members
interactions with the newborn and one another.
Care | Verified Questions and Answers | A+
Assured
• In what form do families tend to be most socially vulnerable?
A) Married-blended family
B) Extended family
C) Nuclear family
D) Single-parent family -✓✓D) Single-parent family
• Health care functions carried out by families to meet their members
needs include:
A) Developing family budgets.
B) Socializing children.
C) Meeting nutritional requirements.
D) Teaching family members about birth control. -✓✓C) Meeting
nutritional requirements.
• The nurse should be aware that the criteria used to make decisions and
solve problems within families are based primarily on family:
A) Rituals and customs.
B) Values and beliefs.
C) Boundaries and channels.
D) Socialization processes. -✓✓B) Values and beliefs.
• Using the family stress theory as an intervention approach for working
with families experiencing parenting, the nurse can help the family
change internal context factors. These include:
A) Biologic and genetic makeup.
B) Maturation of family members.
C) The family's perception of the event.
, D) The prevailing cultural beliefs of society. -✓✓C) The family's
perception of the event.
• While working in the prenatal clinic, you care for a very diverse group
of patients. When planning interventions for these families, you realize
that acceptance of the interventions will be most influenced by:
A) Educational achievement.
B) Income level.
C) Subcultural group.
D) Individual beliefs. -✓✓D) Individual beliefs.
• The nurses care of a Hispanic family includes teaching about infant
care. When developing a plan of care, the nurse bases interventions on
the knowledge that in traditional Hispanic families:
A) Breastfeeding is encouraged immediately after birth.
B) Male infants typically are circumcised.
C) The maternal grandmother participates in the care of the mother and
her infant.
D) Special herbs mixed in water are used to stimulate the passage of
meconium. -✓✓C) The maternal grandmother participates in the care of
the mother and her infant.
• The woman's family members are present when the home care
maternal-child nurse arrives for a postpartum and newborn visit. What
should the nurse do?
A) Observe the family members interactions with the newborn and one
another.
B) Ask the woman to meet with her and the baby alone.
C) Do a brief assessment on all family members present.
D) Reschedule the visit for another time so that the mother and infant
can be assessed privately. -✓✓A) Observe the family members
interactions with the newborn and one another.
