Test Bank for Women’s Healthcare in Advanced Practice Nursing 3rd Edition by Ivy M. Alexander

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, Chapter 1 Women and Their Health sr sr sr sr sr




The United States ranks 50th in the world for maternal mortality and 41st among industrialized nations for
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1. infant mortality rate. When developing programs to assist in decreasing these rates, which facto
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A) Resolving all language and cultural differences
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B) Assuring early and adequate prenatal care
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C) Providing more extensive womens shelters sr sr sr sr s


D)Encouraging all women to eat a balanced
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diet
2. When integrating the principles of family-
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centered care, the nurse would include which of the following? A)Childbirth is viewed as a proc
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B) Families are unable to make informed choices
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C) Childbirth results in changes in relationships
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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 includ
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e when discussing events of the 20th century?
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A) Epidemics of puerperal fever sr sr sr


B) Performance of the first cesarean birth sr sr sr sr sr


C) Development of the x-ray to assess pelvic size sr sr sr sr sr sr sr


D) Creation of free-standing birth centerssr sr sr sr


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 id
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entify which condition as a leading cause?
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A) Hemorrhage
B) Embolism
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D)Infection
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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 th
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e major problem?
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A) Smoking
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C) Diabetes
D)Cancer
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6. When assessing a family for possible barriers to health care, the nurse would consider which factor t
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o be most important?
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A) Language

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,B) Health care workers attitudes
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C) Transportation




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, D) Finances
7. After teaching a group of nursing students about the issue of informed consent. Which of the following, if
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