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, Chapter 1: Women and Their Health
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Test Bank: Women's Health Care in Advanced Practice Nursing, Second Edition by Alexander
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(with Answer key at the end of each chapter)
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1. The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among industrialized nations
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for infant mortality rate. When developing programs to assist in decreasing these rates, which factor would
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most likely need to be addressed as having the greatest impact?
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A. Resolving all language and cultural differences am am am am am
B. Assuring early and adequate prenatal care am am am am am
C. Providing more extensive women’s shelters am am am am
D. Encouraging all women to eat a balanceddiet am am am am am am
2. When integrating the principles of family-centered care, the nurse would include which of the following?
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A. Childbirth is viewed as a procedural event am am am am am am
B. Families are unable to make informed choicesam am am am am am
C. Childbirth results in changes in relationships am am am am am
D. Families require little information to make appropriate decisions
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When preparing a teaching plan for a group of first-time pregnant women, the nurse expects to review
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3. How maternity care has changed over the years. Which of the following would the nurse include wh
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en discussing events of the 20th century?
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A. Epidemics of puerperal fever am am am
B. Performance of the first cesarean birth am am am am am
C. Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size am am am am am am am
D. Creation of free-standing birth centers am am am am
4. After teaching a group of students about pregnancy-
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related mortality, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students i
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dentify which condition as a leading cause?
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A. Hemorrhage
B. Embolism
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D. Infection
The nurse is working with a group of community health members to develop a plan to address the special
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5. health needs of women. Which of the following conditions would the group address as the maj
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,or problem?
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A) Smoking
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C) Diabetes
D) Cancer
6. When assessing a family for possible barriers to health care, the nurse would consider which factor to be m
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ost important?
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A) Language
B) Health care workers attitudes am am am
C) Transportation
D) Finances
7. After teaching a group of nursing students about the issue of informed consent. Which of the following,
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if identified by the student, would indicate an understanding of a violation of informed consent?
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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 procedures
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8. The nurse is trying to get consent to care for an 11-year-
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old boy with diabetic ketoacidosis. His parents are out of town on vacation, and the child is staying with a
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neighbor. Which action would be the priority?
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A) Getting telephone consent with two people listening to the verbal consent
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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 situatio
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9. After teaching nursing students about the basic concepts of family-
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centered care, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students s
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tate which of the following?
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A) Childbirth affects the entire family, and relationships will change.
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B) Families are not capable of making health care decisions for themselves.
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C) Mothers are the family members affected by childbirth
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. D)Childbirth is a medical procedure.
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A nursing instructor is preparing a class discussion on the trends in health care and health care delivery 1
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0.over the past several centuries. When discussing the changes during the past century, which of the
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following would the instructor be least likely to include?
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A) Disease prevention am
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