Chapter 2: The Nurse’s Role in Maternity,
Women’s Health, and Pediatric Nursing
Chapter 2: The Nurse’s Role in Maternity, Women’s Health, and Pediatric
Nursing
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which principle of teaching should the nurse use to ensure learning in a family
situation?
Motivate the family with praise and positive
a. reinforcement.
Present complex subject material first, while the family
b. is alert and ready to learn.
Families should be taught by using medical jargon so
they will be able to understand the technical language
c. used by physicians.
d. Learning is best accomplished using the lecture format.
ANS: A
Feedback
Praise and positive reinforcement are particularly
important when a family is trying to master a frustrating
A task, such as breastfeeding.
Learning is enhanced when the teaching is structured to
B present the simple tasks before the complex material.
Even though a family may understand English fairly
well, they may not understand the medical terminology
C or slang terms.
A lively discussion stimulates more learning than a
D straight lecture, which tends to inhibit questions.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 28
OBJ: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. When addressing the questions of a newly pregnant woman, the nurse can explain
that the certified nurse-midwife is qualified to perform:
a. Regional anesthesia
, b. Cesarean deliveries
c. Vaginal deliveries
d. Internal versions
ANS: C
Feedback
A Regional anesthesia must be performed by a physician.
B Cesarean deliveries must be performed by a physician.
The nurse-midwife is qualified to deliver infants
C vaginally in uncomplicated pregnancies.
D Internal versions must be performed by a physician.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 29
OBJ: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. Which nursing intervention is an independent function of the nurse?
a. Administering oral analgesics
b. Teaching the woman perineal care
c. Requesting diagnostic studies
d. Providing wound care to a surgical incision
ANS: B
Feedback
Administering oral analgesics is a dependent function; it
A is initiated by a physician and carried out by the nurse.
Nurses are now responsible for various independent
functions, including teaching, counseling, and
intervening in nonmedical problems. Interventions
initiated by the physician and carried out by the nurse
B are called dependent functions.
C Requesting diagnostic studies is a dependent function.
Providing wound care is a dependent function; it is
usually initiated by the physician through direct orders
D or protocol.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 27
OBJ: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Women’s Health, and Pediatric Nursing
Chapter 2: The Nurse’s Role in Maternity, Women’s Health, and Pediatric
Nursing
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which principle of teaching should the nurse use to ensure learning in a family
situation?
Motivate the family with praise and positive
a. reinforcement.
Present complex subject material first, while the family
b. is alert and ready to learn.
Families should be taught by using medical jargon so
they will be able to understand the technical language
c. used by physicians.
d. Learning is best accomplished using the lecture format.
ANS: A
Feedback
Praise and positive reinforcement are particularly
important when a family is trying to master a frustrating
A task, such as breastfeeding.
Learning is enhanced when the teaching is structured to
B present the simple tasks before the complex material.
Even though a family may understand English fairly
well, they may not understand the medical terminology
C or slang terms.
A lively discussion stimulates more learning than a
D straight lecture, which tends to inhibit questions.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 28
OBJ: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. When addressing the questions of a newly pregnant woman, the nurse can explain
that the certified nurse-midwife is qualified to perform:
a. Regional anesthesia
, b. Cesarean deliveries
c. Vaginal deliveries
d. Internal versions
ANS: C
Feedback
A Regional anesthesia must be performed by a physician.
B Cesarean deliveries must be performed by a physician.
The nurse-midwife is qualified to deliver infants
C vaginally in uncomplicated pregnancies.
D Internal versions must be performed by a physician.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 29
OBJ: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. Which nursing intervention is an independent function of the nurse?
a. Administering oral analgesics
b. Teaching the woman perineal care
c. Requesting diagnostic studies
d. Providing wound care to a surgical incision
ANS: B
Feedback
Administering oral analgesics is a dependent function; it
A is initiated by a physician and carried out by the nurse.
Nurses are now responsible for various independent
functions, including teaching, counseling, and
intervening in nonmedical problems. Interventions
initiated by the physician and carried out by the nurse
B are called dependent functions.
C Requesting diagnostic studies is a dependent function.
Providing wound care is a dependent function; it is
usually initiated by the physician through direct orders
D or protocol.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 27
OBJ: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
